Posted on 06/29/2023 3:53:35 PM PDT by MNDude
Harvard University hinted that it will turn to application essays to preserve its system of racial preferences in admissions, after the Supreme Court struck down the school’s race-based system as unconstitutional.
While the Court rejected affirmative action, Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow noted that it also "ruled that colleges and universities may consider in admissions decisions ‘an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.’"
"We will certainly comply with the Court’s decision," Bacow and other Harvard administrators wrote in a Thursday statement.
Harvard president-elect Claudine Gay released a video statement saying that the school was still "working to understand this decision and its implications for our policies."
"While we don’t have all the answers about what’s next, we do know that we will move forward together," she said.
The essays could provide a loophole for advocates of race-based admissions, some of whom have vowed to fight the ruling. In a speech on Thursday, President Joe Biden said "we can’t let this decision be the last word" on affirmative action, and said he would direct the Department of Education to come up with alternatives to ensure racial diversity on college campuses.
But the move could also violate the Court’s ruling, which held that college admissions essays could not be used directly as a tool to continue race-based admissions.
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I grow weary of negroes with chips on their shoulders.
Great a fraud to continue racism. leftists are such a problem.
And if they end up with the same result, they’ll be back in court. They should be admitting on merit only — test scores, etc. There should be no names or pictures. The only preference they should be giving is (1) US citizens. Alumni as well I guess. But race, sex, ethnicty, religion have no place. Thank you SCOTUS.
Then sue the place if they discriminate against you
Of course they will. The left never complies with court rulings, they always look for ways to get around them. They will become more race conscious as a result of this. They will move to exclude all criteria except the personal essay, that way they can keep discriminating but do it all nice and legal like.
“...and as a community activist in the hood defending transgender rights...”
Chatgpt
Rent seekers.
Asian students will sue Havard because they will be denied entry over less qualifed candidates. Class action suit sometime in the near future.
I was born a poor Black boy….
If the only admission requirement is a personal essay then discrimination would be difficult to prove. That’s why they want to get rid of the SAT and grades. They provide evidence.
Anyone who reads the first two pages of Roberts majority opinion could see that this was exactly what he was telling them to do.
There is always room for dummies at Harvard.
GMTA
That is a patently racist comment that has no place on FR and definitely not conservative, Republican, or American. Maybe you should go back to DU or whatever Democrat site racism is acceptable. You stain the reputation of FR with such racist names.
What’s the name of the website that writes essays that students plagiarize regularly?
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