Under The Law: Affirmative retraction

Abstract

Robert Kim and Kevin Welner discuss Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College, in which the U.S. Supreme Court decreed that the admissions systems at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard College were unconstitutional. This ruling effectively banned the use of race-based admissions policies (i.e., affirmative action) in higher education. Kim and Welner explore what the ruling might mean for colleges and universities and the students seeking admission to them, implications for preK-12 education, and the larger context of social inequity.