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I teach at an elite college
The US Supreme Court has struck down colleges’ and universities’ right to use race as a factor in determining which students they admit. The Students For Fair Admissions brought two cases against University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which resulted in the court issuing its decision. Both universities…
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There have been Supreme Court decisions about affirmative action.
The Supreme Court will hear the cases of Asian-American applicants at Harvard and students with disabilities at the University of North Carolina. In the first case, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled against Students for Fair Admission, stating it would be permissible because the preference is “not being based upon race,…