Opinion

Test scores help predict student success

A couple of months ago, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to keep the system’s admissions process “test optional” through the fall of 2024. University leaders said that to do otherwise in the aftermath of COVID-19 would be unfair to students and harmful to UNC’s constituent campuses. If you squint really hard,...

John Hood
News

UNC admissions case marks latest example of growing U.S. Supreme Court trend

When the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up a case challenging UNC-Chapel Hill’s admissions policy, the court made the rare decision to shorten the normal federal appeals process. Legal observers note that the justices’ decision to examine a trial court ruling, labeled “cert before judgment” in legal shorthand, has become increasingly...

CJ Staff
Opinion

Racial preferences’ fate in North Carolina hinges on Michigan case

All eyes are on Michigan now, thanks to a case before the Supreme Court involving the University of Michigan Law Schools' use of racial preferences in admissions decisions. It is a case being watched with extreme interest by N.C. higher-education officials , public and private.

Jon Sanders

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