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A practice admitting students to college based on their races may be put out of joint soon as the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a challenge against it.
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The iniquities of a practice used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina to accept or rob students of a chance to enter college have prompted a challenge to factoring students' races into college admissions.
Many believed the schools' discrimination against Asian and White applicants is bound up with that unfair practice, which stands to reason why those are challenging the practice notwithstanding lower courts' rejection of the challenges, citing more than 40 years of high court rulings have enabled colleges and universities to consider race in admissions decisions.
The court's most recent pronouncement was back in 2016, when, with a 4-3 decision, the University of Texas rejected a challenge from a white woman.
While discrimination appears to be part and parcel of living in America, many have remained indomitable. Such is the case for a group called Students for Fair Admissions, better known as SFFA, which alleged that the private institution unfairly weighs race when considering whether to admit applicants to college. This indicates that Asian-American students have to work even harder than their other counterparts in order to be in for a chance to enter college.
The Harvard President has so far remained defiant.
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has recommended the justices not weigh in, saying the challenges are against the edifice.
The admissions policies of selective colleges, as well as prestigious high schools, have been occupying the foreground of intense debate as regards institutional racism.
Fresh-faced Asian American students comprise roughly 25 percent of Harvard's new students every year.
While people question whether this issue merits a Supreme Court session, there is word cultural diversity may be a yardstick for considering whether this gripe should be contended with properly.
{Soundbite} MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Supreme Court Reporter: Race can be considered one of the many factors in college admissions, but it can only be considered for the purpose of ensuring that there's a diverse class of students on campus. The Supreme Court has previously held that quotas are unconstitutional, so it can't be used in any sense in that way, but it can be used to promote diversity on campus.
There are certainly hoops for the Supreme Court to jump through to reach a decision.
A final ruling is expected by fall.
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