SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action at Colleges

SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action at Colleges

The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges can't explicitly consider applicants' race in admissions, in what is being called a landmark ruling that will drastically change how colleges attract a diverse student body.

"Why it matters," writes Axios. "The ruling will force colleges to reimagine long-standing hallmarks of the admissions process and likely jeopardize the representation of Black and Latino students on campuses nationwide."

"The conservative-majority Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the admissions processes at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, both of which give a little extra weight to applicants from certain underrepresented groups," Axios continued. 

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"The high court sided with the conservative nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions, which argued that the universities' admissions processes discriminate against white and Asian American applicants."

Read the ruling HERE.