UCLA Civil Rights Project Co-Director Gary Orfield Addresses Supreme Court Decision to Hear Cases on Race-Conscious Admissions in Higher Education
NEPC Interview asks, “ Is Affirmative Action in College Admissions Gone for Good?”
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases related to race-conscious admissions policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard. Civil Rights advocates are gravely concerned that given the Courts current make up, affirmative action may be gone for good within the next two years.
“What will be badly damaged is the ability of colleges to provide a strong, diverse education preparing all students to function effectively in a multiracial society with deep and dangerous divisions,” says UCLA Professor and Co-director of the Civil Rights Project Gary Orfield, who has long worked to increase access and opportunity in education. “We will lose the ability of our institutions to develop the great talents and unique understandings of students who have not had a fair chance and have a great deal to offer."
Orfield made his comments in an interview regarding the pending cases and the implications for higher education with the National Education Policy Council (NEPC). You can read the full interview here.