Key Points
The US Supreme Court on Thursday banned the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions, scrapping a decades-old practice that boosted educational opportunities for African-Americans and other minorities...
The top court held, in a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina's admissions programs violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment...
The decision will have long-standing implications over the racial makeup of colleges and universities and the types of opportunities students of colour are afforded...
It is being blind to history, blind to empirical evidence about disparities, and blind to the strength that diversity brings to classrooms, to boardrooms," she said.. Todays Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina is a step backward for our nation...
Were going back to all merit-basedand thats the way it should be!" he said in a statement to ABC News.. Republican presidential hopeful Mike Pence hailed the decision, saying there is no place for discrimination based on race in the United States...
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