Learn with your peers. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. 1 (2011): 21729. 2019. In the case involving the University of North Carolina, Students for Fair Admissions argues the college discriminates against white and Asian applicants by giving preference to Black, Hispanic and Native American students. In addition to discriminatory home sales practices such as redlining, the act outlaws discriminatory practices in a range of rental and housing-financing activities. Race-conscious college admissions policies are critical to enrolling underrepresented minorities including Black and Latinx students and have been upheld by the courts, says American Civil Liberties Union President Deborah Archer. <>13]/P 18 0 R/Pg 45 0 R/S/Link>> Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch voted to block the new policy, but gave no reasons for their decisions. In fact, both schools have found these alternatives . The basic conclusion of this research, it claims, is that there is no demonstrated feasible alternative that would produce the levels of diversity that selective universities find necessary for their educational missions without some consideration of race. The Failure of Race-Blind Economic Policy. The Atlantic, February 16, 2017. Public data series accessed through the Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS) data tables. Authoritative, up-to-date data on the living standards of American workers. For its part, although the Supreme Court has consistently ruled it is legal to use race as a factor in a holistic application process, it has long viewed race-conscious policies with suspicion. xX]o6} )-~EQ,u$Euvd(lX%{g2{HF%z?|;|i0(=EqdS_xH{b|fZ7s b(9|C cEqAC/qK.Yt&c2C'+M>,>Qqt>): ?>,0D` dCD !|5MW#S!6JacKm(8JNl.E1{0MF_U^%`MWl#5|Da![Pk d%e!K8]gAbs$1:wD=1A5He%6zjbfi.M"oS@&kH\ bS:OfY/[7= =\Jl{z^U)k&?R`N,xB$["!Jdj UXJ!z*}.T*7)MH5PcN! Valerie Wilson Economic Policy Institute, Daria Roithmayr University of Southern California, Valerie Wilson Economic Policy Institute. This analysis indicates that these disparities are largely due to a racialized class system. Across measures of income, wealth, employment, and health, Black women face some of the most acute disparities with white men. Yet, a small but growing body of research suggests that compliance with race-preference bans is irregular; "race-neutral" universities often do appear to give However, research suggests that while racial discrimination is explicit within the criminal justice system, the class composition of each racial group is strongly correlated with the big overall gap in Black and white incarceration rates (Lewis 2018). Race-conscious policies are just as important on state and local levels as on a federal level. <> The Supreme Court's choice to review affirmative action cases at Harvard and the University of North Carolina is troubling and portends a regressive shift, she says. Students for Fair Admissions fourth claim against Harvard is that Harvard singles out Asian applicants for unfavorable treatment. For example, voters in California recently rejected a ballot measure that would have restored the states affirmative action policy, suggesting broad public unease with race-conscious decision-making (Cineas 2020). How should we interpret the race variable? The drop is particularly noticeable when comparing . Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action et al. The inclusion of race, class, and disaggregated gender disparities as policy targets are critical in advancing race-conscious policies on both federal and state levels. 5 0 obj 2017. Moreover, the new policy gave extra consideration to students who came from low-income households. Satio, Leland T. 2009. Legal, policy, and practice professionals share their expertise and guidance, including how to leverage College Board's Landscapetool in the context of the broader legal environment. <>36]/P 21 0 R/Pg 45 0 R/S/Link>> <> Within the past few years, Harvard University has been under legal attack to ban affirmative action in its admission process despite the literature available indicating that schools that rely on race-neutral policies and abandon affirmative action decision-making are less accessible and less diverse to underrepresented students of color (Burgess 2020). In two lawsuits challenging U-M's admissions policies, the court ruled in favor of the Law School and voted 6-3 to partially reverse the university's undergraduate policy, while still allowing for the consideration of race in admissions. The strong weight of the evidence . Mass Incarceration: New Jim Crow, Class War, or Both? The law was passed once again in 2020. 2021. Forde-Mazrui said he continues to be disappointed that the primary justification for affirmative action in the legal landscape is diversity. WASHINGTON Conservative Supreme Court justices indicated Monday that they are willing to end the explicit consideration of race in college admissions as they weighed cases challenging affirmative action policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. In response, the system ramped up its efforts to attract underrepresented students. Burgess, Tiffani. sBOx-SIWQg, Thinking Hard About 'Race-Neutral' Admissions. UC's decades-long experience with race-neutral approaches demonstrates that highly competitive universities may not be able to achieve the benefits of student body diversity through race-neutral measures alone, the brief concludes. More recently, in 2016's Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing the majority opinion, upheld the use of racial preferences but stressed the university bears the burden of demonstrating that 'available' and 'workable' 'race-neutral alternatives' do not suffice. The level of racial diversity at such schools, however, has not been as robust as it would be if race could be considered.. Rothstein, Richard. Can universities find more creative ways to consider race in admissions decisions? The Civil Rights Act was passed under the authority of Congress to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment, one of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Amendments that bans denying any individual "the . endobj Richard Kahlenberg, formerly of The Century Foundation and an expert witness in the Harvard case, posits this argument. Published March 22, 2021. For policymakers to craft meaningful criminal justice reform, legislation must address the systemic racial legacy of mass incarceration and the root causes of race and class divide through economic empowerment. Peoples Policy Project, January 2018. The Guide summarizes key conversations held in the summer and fall of 2022 to discuss ADC sponsors preparations for the decision and outlines strategies to take proactive steps to prepare for an array of possible outcomes. A former columnist for The Chronicle Darlene Earnest is a copy editor for BestColleges. (CPS), where a race-neutral, place-based a rmative action system is used for admissions at highly competitive exam high schools. Many schools lack the resources that U-M has been able to put into this effort, Michigan's brief states, and would not be able to undertake such a broad array of initiatives to respond to such a disruptive change. The justices, over three dissents from conservatives, agreed with a federal appeals court that the school board may use race neutral means, including family income, to admit more Black and Latino students to the highly selective Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The Supreme Court sided with a Virginia school board in an admissions case. 2016. 2021. <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 63 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> Race-conscious admissions policies are still the best way to achieve diversity on campus. 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That clause reads No State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws., Students for Fair Admissions claims that UNC could use race-neutral alternatives to achieve racial diversity, Forde-Mazrui said, which would fail the Grutter test, because that test says you should only use race if there are no workable race-neutral alternative ways to achieve racial diversity.. 2 0 obj Attempts to use "race-neutral" models in place of affirmative action to determine college admissions in California are likely to result in declining minority representation on most campuses, according to a new study released in a leading national education research journal by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston College, and the University of Iowa. . 33 0 obj The Education Trust, January 2020. Newsletter In an amicus brief submitted to the court ahead of oral arguments, the University of California system recounted the effects of its race-neutral admissions strategies on campus diversity. race-neutral admissions policies have not significantly increased enrollment of underrepresented . Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui directs the Center for the Study of Race and Law. Browse events and recorded sessions. She was referring to recent Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action. In the UNC case, the plaintiffs are making two arguments, Forde-Mazrui said. Mark J. Drozdowski, Ed.D., is a senior writer with BestColleges. Wilson, Valerie, and Melat Kassa. I speculate that the courts conservative supermajority wants to overturn Grutter, Forde-Mazrui said. Have these measures proven successful? Privacy Policy Contact Us. The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Virginia school board to admit more Black and Latino students and slightly fewer Asian students to a magnet high school for math and science. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41058335. The United States' highest court is hearing arguments against using race as a factor in college admissions policies Monday in cases involving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University. Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices within government or an organization that seeks to boost participation of underrepresented groups (based on their race, gender, sexuality, or nationality) in specific areas such as college admissions or managerial ranks. Here's how to tilt it back. What's more, both the University of California and Michigan have considerable financial resources for such recruitment programs, and they suggest it would be that much more difficult for other state universities to replicate their efforts. Systematic Inequality and Economic Opportunity. Instead, it achieved greater diversity by setting aside slots for students from all 26 middle schools in Fairfax County. Can these decisions ever be truly race-neutral? Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on Drugs. Brennan Center for Justice, May 10, 2021. But the fight for affirmative action and other race-conscious policiespolicies that explicitly address systemic racial barriersis not over. In 2009, Texas amended the policy, raising the threshold to 6-7% for the University of Texas at Austin. Theres No Such Thing as Race-Neutral Policy (with Valerie Wilson). Pitchfork Economics (podcast), April 20, 2021, 24 min. 1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 600 And that won't end. Note: This story originally appeared onMsMagazine.com. Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, AAPI non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race). Cineas, Fabiola. Schools will be scrambling to do what many universities have actually already had to do, Forde-Mazrui said. Race-neutral admissions policies have had mixed results. In the ensuing years, despite extraordinary efforts that included many of the targeted outreach tactics employed in California as well as a reduction in the number of students enrolled via early acceptance programs, minority enrollment fell sharply, the university claims. In 2016 in Fisher v. University of Texas, the Supreme Court in a 4-3 vote held that the schools race-conscious undergraduate admissions policy did not violate the equal protection clause. 43 0 obj Taifa, Nkechi. The decision, dated Sept. 30, emphasizes the need for consideration of race in admissions as a temporary measure to get society to a point of . Voters in California banned schools from considering the race of applicants in 1996, so UC-Berkeley represents a massive, ongoing experiment in race-neutral admissions at a highly competitive . Harvard and UNC are asking the justices to allow Grutter and other similar decisions to stand. California provides a fascinating case study because of its diverse population and the breadth and quality of its public higher education system. endobj 2019. In a post-affirmative action world, where the consideration of race as a factor in admissions decisions is no longer legal, can and will universities still favor applicants of color? After Michigan voters passed Proposal 2 in 2006, the university discontinued even the limited consideration of race in holistic admissions programs that Grutter approved. William A. Darity Jr. Duke University For years, states have been the battleground on whether to advance race-neutral and race-conscious policies. U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Race in Admissions. <>42]/P 23 0 R/Pg 45 0 R/S/Link>> Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. Events 1, Meredith v. 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Harvard, Listen to the oral arguments from SFFA v. UNC, Read our full public statement on the amicus brief, Brief on SCOTUS taking UNC and Harvard Cases. The decision is a welcome affirmation that using race-conscious decision-making is both lawful and necessary in higher education. The University of California evaluates students based on numerous factors, according to a statement shared with BestColleges, including an appreciation of their individual context and lived experiences. California, where voters banned affirmative action in 1996, has already . Accessed January-February 2022. . Staff In fact, that will increase as a result of affirmative action being eliminated. Campuses that have implemented race-neutral admissions policies in recent years have seen dramatic declines in enrollment numbers among underrepresented groups. Gale, William G. 2021. The schools say they stand by their holistic admissions criteria that include the consideration of race among many factors when forming classes with the goal of fostering educational diversity. For example, while the Fair Housing ActTitle VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968outlaws housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or familial status,1 it has never fully delivered on its promise to promote and further integration (Adams 2018). endobj Previously more than 80% of the students came from six high-achieving feeder schools. These two cases were heard separately over the course of the day. Members of the court's . A network of state and local organizations improving workers' lives through research and advocacy. Why not implement affirmative action measures for the poor? 13 0 obj Supreme Court OKs 'race neutral' admissions policy to admit more Black, Latino students . The second is the class rank approach. See National Fair Housing Alliance 2021. Race & Reconciliation Initiative at Texas Christian University. In reviewing rates of incarceration by race and income quintiles, the analysis indicates that 42% of observed incarcerated Black men were in the lowest class group versus just 15% of white men (Lewis 2018). A year after the landmark Dobbs ruling, conservative legal campaigners could secure another major victory. The true myth of race-neutral policy is the unwillingness to acknowledge or address the racist history within our country, our economy, and our society as well as the long-standing effects that systemic racism has on communities of color. A final example of a race-conscious policy is the Texas "top 10" law, which guarantees admission to any public university in the state for students in the top 10 percent of their high school . While there are many factors that may play a role in the low Black homeownership rate, one key factor is the racist history of redliningthe practice in which lenders deny mortgage loans or other services to communities of color. Affirmative Action Just Lost in CaliforniaAgain. Vox Media, November 4, 2020. Notes:AAPI refers to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Unfulfilled Promise of the Fair Housing Act. The New Yorker, April 11, 2018. We must face race head-on to meaningfully address the racial inequality that persists in our society. Hanauer, Nick, and Jessyn Farrell. 24 0 obj Colleges across the United States are preparing for a future without race-based admissions policies as the Supreme Court will soon decide whether to end decades of affirmative action precedent. 0:57. endobj passcode: access2022! Research shows that schools that rely on race-neutral policies areless diverse and less accessible to historically underrepresented students of color. Jones, Tiffany, and Andrew Howard Nichols. Theres an inherent imbalance of bargaining power between employers and employees. The group alleged in its 2014 lawsuit that the admissions process at North Carolina's flagship university is unlawful because it considers race as a factor and overlooks race-neutral alternatives . endobj 1 0 obj Webinar 2: Navigating in Times of Challenge: Fundamentals on Policy and Practice Associated with Race and Ethnicity in Admissions Review this recorded session from June 2022 to learn additional specific, race-neutral enrollment management strategies in advance of the major U.S. Supreme Court action expected this fall and next year. 41 0 obj Similar studies conducted by Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce issued the same verdict. Sawhill, Isabell V., and Richard V. Reeves. However, over the past several years, affirmative action has been under attack in the higher education space as some believe race shouldnt be a factor for admission into a school or program. If that comes to pass, how will universities achieve their long-standing goal of educating a diverse student body in a post-affirmative action world? I believe that a more important justification is correcting inequalities that stem from our discriminatory history, but the court has made diversity the only legally viable justification, he said. The Washington Post/Contributor / Getty Images, 2023 BestColleges.com, a Red Ventures Company, The Public Ivies, Little Ivies, and Other Ivy League Equivalents, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Alternative Paths to Diversity: Exploring and Implementing Effective College Admissions Policies, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. EPIs research helps policymakers, opinion leaders, advocates, journalists, and the public understand the bread-and-butter issues affecting ordinary Americans. <>9]/P 17 0 R/Pg 45 0 R/S/Link>> Forde-Mazrui said this case is more complicated. Race-neutral admissions have exacerbated inequality by failing to account for discrimination, structural barriers, and a lack of access to opportunity and resources that students of color routinely face, the regents said. Wilson, Valerie, Ethan Miller, and Melat Kassa. Communications and stakeholder engagement. See key cases. 2020. In 2000, UGA dropped its race-based admissions formula and moved toward a race-neutral admissions policy, which became permanent in 2006. Photo by Ian Bradshaw. The plaintiff is the same in both: Students for Fair Admissions, an organization that represents college applicants of Asian ancestry. Both California's and Michigan's experiences bear this out. Although the civil rights legislation and the anti-discriminatory laws that followed had put an end to legally sanctioned discrimination and segregation, it continued, and racial economic disparities not only persisted, but many grew worse over time (Jones, Schmitt, and Wilson 2018; Kuhn, Schularick, and Steins 2019). 2020. One reason is cost. The premise that civil rights laws can eradicate racism within institutions founded on the doctrine of racism is not only a common fallacy, but harmful in achieving true racial equity and justice. . Subject matter experts Currently, within state prisons alone, Black people are incarcerated at nearly five times the rate of white Americans and hold a state average incarceration rate of 1,240 per 100,000 residents (Nellis 2021). And UNC are asking the justices to allow Grutter and other similar decisions to stand more creative ways consider... 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