The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned decades of legal precedent that allowed colleges and universities to consider race during the admission decision process.
, and the ruling has sparked nationwide concerns around racial equity and diversity in higher education.
"Today has proven what we already knew - we are dealing with a rogue 'Supreme' Court that has bowed a knee to an extremist minority. Now, it's up to every institution in this country, from colleges to corporations, to embrace diversity, no matter what," Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, said in
Garces and other experts in education and employment policy spoke to Yahoo News ahead of and after the Supreme Court decision. “What race conscious admissions does [is take] into account all of the factors that add to a person's life story, including their racialized experiences.
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