US Supreme Court to weigh end to race-based college admissions

[Harmonic]

The US Supreme Court is set to hear two cases that could dramatically alter the extent to which universities can consider an applicant's race during the admissions process.

The eventual ruling could end decades-old affirmative action policies and significantly affect how universities manage admissions.

Arguments in both cases began at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Affirmative action is among the most contentious issues in US education.

The cases concern admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The court is hearing challenges to their admissions policies, which consider race among many factors when evaluating applications.

The policies are designed to boost the number of black and Hispanic students, and are intended to ensure minority groups are fairly represented among university student bodies.

But the question being weighed by the court is whether they are discriminatory and violate civil rights laws. Its eventual decision could radically impact the admissions plans of hundreds of institutions of higher education across the US.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63394285

 

[Pegasus]

So pretty much just Asians will be accepted.

Is There a Bias Against Asian College Applicants?

This blog explores evidence of bias against Asian students in college admissions and offers advice to help applicants overcome the challenges.

www.collegetransitions.com

Except for Liberal arts apparently.

 

[LazyLion]

Interadasting

 

[rvZA]

So, pretty much like South Africa.... Apartheid legalized and discriminate against the majority of the country. This will not turn out well for Communist America.

 

[konfab]

Oh the horror, people will be treated by their content of their character rather than their skin colour.

This is literally what fascists do.

 

[Ponderer]

So, pretty much like South Africa.... Apartheid legalized and discriminate against the majority of the country. This will not turn out well for Communist America.

Hopefully sanity will prevail, and they will scrap their currently implemented racial discrimination practice (racial quota system).
Everyone should have equal opportunity, no matter the colour of your skin.
But don't confuse equal opportunity with equal outcome.

 

[Ponderer]

The judge asks the dude to clearly define exactly what "diversity" is/means, and then gets an answer that is pure gobbledygook.
Not unlike "what is a woman".

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

The court, given its political composition, will put an end to AA. I'm confident of that.

 

[Ponderer]

Ouch.
Eina.
I like this judge.

 

[Ponderer]

The court, given its political composition, will put an end to AA. I'm confident of that.

I hope so.
I really do.

 

[rvZA]

The court, given its political composition, will put an end to AA. I'm confident of that.

I would hope so. Affirmative Action is discriminative. It is hurting businesses and the economy. In turn it hurts tax revenue generation for governments and lastly affects every single person in the country. It must be stopped and sanctions must be imposed on countries applying affirmative action. It is a crime against humanity. Irrelevant of your history or background, if you can't do the job you should not get it. There must be no advantage based on colour of skin or background. You can't end discrimination by imposing discrimination on another.

 

[Ponderer]

More ouch/eina.
Could this be the end of "affirmative action" across the globe?
I hope so.

 

[R13...]

Not sure what difference that'll make

COE - College Enrollment Rates

nces.ed.gov

 

[Ponderer]

Not sure what difference that'll make

COE - College Enrollment Rates

nces.ed.gov

?

 

[Cray]

If they scrap this then legacy admissions should be on the chopping block too...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michae...ome-under-fire-in-new-report/?sh=6e7b78475f07

Legacy admissions - the practice of a college giving preferential admissions treatment to the children of its alumni - is facing intense criticism in a new report that documents the extent of the practice and also calls for legislation and other policies that would curtail or even end it.

Relying on data from the Common Data Set, the ERN report indicates that 787 colleges and universities provided some type of legacy preference in 2020, equal to about half of the four-year institutions completing the Common Data Set. However, the practice is much more common among colleges described as being highly selective in their admission rates; 80% of the 64 four-year colleges and universities that admit less than 25% of applicants report giving an advantage to the children of alumni.

 

[ponder]

If they scrap this then legacy admissions should be on the chopping block too...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michae...ome-under-fire-in-new-report/?sh=6e7b78475f07