Looking Beyond Harvard and the SCOTUS Decision

In the wake of the landmark Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action – Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College – many commentators have argued that elite schools will be less diverse going forward. It is unclear whether these fears will come to fruition, however. The Court noted, after all, that colleges and universities may consider “an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.”