Just like with abortion….
A decision by 5 lawyers in a court is NOT gonna stop certain things from happening in the real world of America….
Schools will find a way to reach down and keep their student body diverse…
May not be as diverse….
But education serves no purpose if it excludes a sizeable group of the countries population’s students….
Even the head Supreme mentions this in his opinion….
And school’s are already working on this despite the media idea that affirmative action is gone in higher education……
It won’t be…
It would be nearly impossible, however, to eliminate any mention or suggestion of race in the admissions process — starting with applicants’ names. And in the decision, Justice Roberts specifically kept the door open to consider racial or ethnic background in someone’s lived experience….
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Universities, including Harvard and U.N.C., said on Thursday that they would comply with the ruling. But for outside skeptics, untangling a university’s intentions will be challenging. How can they know whether an admissions decision was based on an essay about personal grit — or the race of the applicant that it revealed?
“I think a very plausible outcome of this will be that schools will just cheat and say, ‘Let’s see who gets sued,’” said Richard Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has been critical of affirmative action. “The chances of an individual school getting sued are low, and the cost of suing is really high.”
Some education officials have already discussed how to leverage the essay. Students should tailor their admissions essays to describe how race had affected their lives, said Shannon Gundy, an admissions official at the University of Maryland, in a recent presentation sponsored by the American Council on Education….
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But many of the 100 or so schools that practice affirmative action have been planning for this moment for months, if not years. And they have already made moves toward a “race-neutral” admissions era — one that tries to follow the letter of the law, while finding ways to keep the ethos of affirmative action.
Academic rigor is still important, but standardized tests? Not needed, and in some cases, not even read.
Schools are increasingly giving preferences to high-achieving students from low-income families or to “first-gen” applicants — the first in their families to go to college. They are pouring money into supporting students and offering more need-based financial aid….