Biden administration unveils new college admissions guidance
The guidance aims to help colleges navigate what remains legally viable for diverse admissions practices.
By Bianca Quilantan
08/14/2023 11:30 AM EDT
The Biden administration on Monday released new guidance to help colleges navigate what remains legally viable in admissions to ensure their campuses recruit and admit diverse classes.
The Supreme Court in June gutted race-conscious admissions practices that colleges have used for decades after it sided with Students for Fair Admissions in its cases against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“We know what has happened at colleges, when individual states have banned affirmative action in the past,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on a press call. “Fewer students of color applied, and fewer students of color were admitted. We cannot afford that kind of backpedaling on a national scale.”
Since the decision, institutions have scrambled to update their admissions processes ahead of the fall application season. They’ve had to navigate how to remove barriers for underrepresented applicants while also dealing with adversarial nudges from SFFA’s legal counsel.
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