Months after a landmark Supreme Court ruling that largely dismantled race-based college admissions, Massachusetts leaders said there were still ways to help ensure more equitable access to higher education.
Two of the state's top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to"advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups" in light of the Supreme Court's JuneGov.
Still, the administration's guidance warns,"Institutions may continue to collect data based on race and ethnicity, and other aspects of identity, but institutions may not provide an advantage to an individual applicant solely and specifically on the basis of the data collected about their race." Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion, stressed that his opinion should not"be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise."
Within hours of the Supreme Court decision in June, Campbell released a statement that her office would work with the administration and higher education institutions to examine other ways"to remove unnecessary barriers to entry" that students of color face. Other recommendations include that schools make"special efforts" to reach particular groups in recruiting new students.
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