The Biden administration is asking America’s colleges to step up their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse
FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. The Biden administration is asking America's colleges to renew their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse, urging schools to boost scholarships and minority recruiting and to give “meaningful consideration” to the adversity students face because of their race or finances.
“Our future is brighter when we prepare students of all backgrounds to lead our multiracial democracy together,” Cardona said in a statement. “To those at institutions who think the Supreme Court ruling is a ‘pretty please’ ask, this committee will keep a close eye as the 2024 application process unfolds,” said Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah. “ Racism, hidden or overt, will not be tolerated by this oversight body.”
The administration underscored that adversity should be a significant factor in the admission process, reinforcing an idea embraced by some colleges but criticized by opponents as a loophole to indirectly consider race. The Supreme Court appeared to leave room for that kind of maneuver. The majority opinion said that while schools cannot directly consider an applicant's race, nothing stopped colleges from considering “an applicant’s discussion of how race affected the applicant’s life" — as long as the discussion was tied to the student's"quality of character or unique ability.”
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