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Jun 29, 2023 · Chief Justice John Roberts famously wrote in the Court’s 2007 Parents Involved decision, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race ...
Aug 14, 2023 · to seek the admission and graduation of diverse student bodies, including along the lines of race and ethnicity, through means that do not afford individual applicants a preference on the basis of race in admissions decisions. Indeed, seeking to enroll diverse student bodies can further the
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Jun 29, 2023 · The use of race as an affirmative qualification or "plus factor" in a holistic admissions assessment had been legally permissible for nearly half a century. Following that precedent, Harvard and UNC considered race as a plus factor when assigning qualification scores to their applicants and when making final admissions decisions.
Jul 17, 2023 · “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” The admissions systems used by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (in both cases) and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (in UNC’s case).
The use of race in admissions by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court has held in a decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (6-2), No. 20-1199, together with Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Univ. of North Carolina (6-3), No. 21-707 (June ...
Sep 4, 2023 · This year, in response to the court’s decision, many colleges will hide the box on the Common App that indicates the applicant’s race, so Jordan was thinking about adding something about it to ...
Oct 31, 2022 · Fifteen years ago, to wide attention, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’76, J.D. ’79, restated the claim like this: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” To examine a program where race is a factor, the Court uses a hard-to-meet standard of legal review called strict scrutiny.
