Biden Administration Releases Diversity Guidance for Universities After the Supreme Court’s Ban on Affirmative Action

The Biden administration released guidance Monday for universities on how to maintain diversity in their institutions after the Supreme Court ruled colleges can’t use race as a factor in admissions.

The departments of Education and Justice sent a letter and a “questions and answers” sheet to outline what the decision said and what steps are legal for universities to take to fulfill their commitment to diversity without explicitly using race as a deciding factor.

The high court ruled in June that universities could not use race as a factor in admissions but also stated: “nothing in [its] opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.”

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