The Biden administration on Monday issued new guidance to colleges and universities on how they could still legally encourage racial diversity on their campuses even after the U.S. Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions.
that colleges cannot legally consider race as a factor on its own when deciding whom to admit to their schools.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said promoting campus diversity remained important even after the ruling. In guidance documents issued on Monday, his department and the Justice Department said that after that ruling, schools cannot allow their admissions decisions to be influenced by any demographic data related to an applicant's race that they collect.
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