The Supreme Court has spoken on affirmative action. But our democratic duty to improve educational access remains, writes Olatunde Johnson
that “simple justice requires that public funds, to which all taxpayers of all races contribute, not be spent in any fashion which encourages, entrenches, subsidizes or results in racial discrimination.”
To advance inclusion as is still required by our nation’s laws, universities will need to examine how their admissions programs and practices continue to disadvantage underrepresented students of color. Institutions have to review athletic and scholarship programs, legacy and wealth preferences, and other practices that predominantly benefit high-income white students in admissions.
But this democratic imperative is not just limited to admissions. It’s crucial that educational institutions create pathways and partnerships that reach underserved students and less-resourced schools. This will mean developing programs in local elementary and secondary schools, partnerships with community colleges, and transfer policies that enable access to more resourced and selective institutions.
Indeed, improving educational access and opportunity is a project for us all. All of us can pay attention to who has access to the colleges and schools that we or our children attend and who does not. We can be aware of thechoices that shape that access, and we can spend our time and devote resources to changing the inequitable structures that we see.
Addressing the societal and communal conditions that perpetuate racial and ethnic inequality in education won’t be easy. In the current polarized climate , there are
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