The U.S. Supreme Court overturned decades of legal precedent that allowed colleges and universities to consider race during the admission decision process. The 6-3 decision found that race-based admission practices violate the 14th Amendment.
, and the ruling has sparked nationwide concerns around racial equity and diversity in higher education.
Civil rights leaders and advocates say this decision is a step backwards for minorities, and colleges and universities must ensure diversity more now than ever before. Liliana Garces, professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, says the impact of the decision will cause a ripple effect. “It's a potential outcome that will have repercussions not just within institutions of higher education, but across all these other sectors of society,” Garces told Yahoo News, ahead of the ruling.Garces and other experts in education and employment policy spoke to Yahoo News ahead of and after the Supreme Court decision.
“My biggest fears are that it will be such an overreach that colleges not only wouldn't be able to ask applicants questions regarding their racialized identity, but that students and counselors and others speaking on their behalf wouldn't be allowed to even disclose or discuss that,” Brigham said.
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