The following is the first of a two-part analysis examining colleges' immediate responses to this summer's Supreme Court decision against affirmative action in college admissions.
The Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in college admissions in June, but the battle to put the ruling into practice is just beginning.
The nation’s highest court issued two rulings in companion cases, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, which found that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions are unconstitutional as well as in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, universities and activist groups are intent on finding ways to maintain their diversity agenda, even if it means circumventing the law of the land. This campaign is likely to set up another legal fight over how this ruling is to be enforced.
“Unwelcome and disappointing”: Universities react to the decision
The response to the ruling from higher education institutions was nothing short of bitter indignation.
“This morning’s opinion is unwelcome and disappointing, but it is not unexpected,” Princeton University president Christopher L. Eisgruber wrote in a statement reacting to the ruling.
“Today, the US Supreme Court attempted to pull our nation backwards in the journey toward equity and civil rights with an egregious ruling that will have serious impacts on students and families seeking the American dream of opportunity...
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