Joe Biden said he was considering executive action and will ask the Department of Education to look into ways to maintain diversity in university student bodies. In a majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that despite the universities’ “commendable” goals, they fell short of constitutional standards. “Respondents’ assertion that race is never a negative factor in their admissions programs cannot withstand scrutiny,” Roberts wrote. That may cause a cascading reshuffling of those students to other, less selective universities and is likely to make the elite institutions less diverse. That may cause a cascading reshuffling of those students to other, less selective universities and is likely to make the elite institutions less diverse.

Source: The Guardian June 30, 2023 04:38 UTC