Supreme Court Could Strike Deathblow to Affirmative Action

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The Supreme Court is poised to strike the final deathblow to affirmative action in college admissions when it decides the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina cases in the 2022-2023 term.

Abundant evidence shows affirmative action policies in higher education significantly offset past and ongoing racial discrimination — benefiting all students and the institutions that implement these policies. Yet the theories espoused by all six of the justices who comprise the Court’s hyper-conservative supermajority endanger affirmative action and education equity.

The Supreme Court appears eager to gut policies that remediate and disrupt the pervasive harms of segregation and inequality in higher education and K-12 schools.