The SCOTUS ruling means colleges can no longer use race as a factor when considering college applications. But what does that mean for Texas?
Bianca Mabute-Louie is a sociology Ph.D. student at Rice University. She shared that she is the daughter of Chinese American immigrants and the first in her family to attend college. She believes that she has been positively impacted by affirmative action.
Prof. Bob Stein, who teaches political science at Rice University, explained that there is language in the SCOTUS decision for some wiggle room. In the past, the Supreme Court had always ruled since 1978 that colleges and universities could include race as a factor in student admissions as long as it was among many other criteria and that schools were not using a quotas system., an organization helping high-achieving students with low-income backgrounds work towards admission at prestigious colleges and universities. She said there are often misunderstandings about what affirmative action really means.
Mabute-Louie worries about the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in education after recent policies and laws were enacted in"It makes me anxious as someone pursuing academia who wants to research and teach honest, truthful history in higher education. I went into academia because I wanted to support students of color and first-generation students like myself. There are so many attacks on folks trying to do that.
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