On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two cases that could decide the future of race-based considerations in higher education.
that student body diversity is a national priority that justifies the consideration of race in university admissions. “Effective participation by members of all racial and ethnic groups in the civic life of our Nation is essential,” Reagan-appointed Justicein her landmark majority opinion in 2003, “if the dream of one Nation, indivisible, is to be realized." The decision upheld, a ruling on affirmative action from a quarter century earlier — but with one notable qualification.
While O’Connor suggested full racial equality would be achieved in 2028, affirmative action may not last that long.
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