The U.S. Supreme Court could rule soon against the use of race in admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. If so, it’s unlikely to mean an end to the use of race in college admissions. That’s the key point in a new Manhattan Institute report, “After Affirmative Action, Meritocracy?” Author Robert VerBruggen, a Manhattan Institute fellow, discusses his work.
Supreme Court rulings against Harvard, UNC unlikely to remove race completely from admissions
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