Race-conscious admissions policies have vocal but dwindling support
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskSix years later, with six conservatives on the court, the balance has shifted. All are sceptical of, if not openly hostile to, using racial criteria. In nearly five hours of oral argument on October 31st, challenges to admissions policies at
Seth Waxman, Harvard’s lawyer, contested this conclusion, arguing that the university could not reach its diversity goals without expressly taking account of students’ race as one factor in the admissions calculus. Harvard “need not blind itself to race” under the law, he said, and needs to keep its eye on applicants’ identities to provide “benefits to the nation”—including enhanced critical thinking, more innovative businesses and a more cohesive military.
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