University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules
Source: New York Times
University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules
Students for Fair Admissions vowed to immediately appeal in a case that appears destined for the Supreme Court.
By Stephanie Saul
Oct. 18, 2021
Updated 8:53 p.m. ET
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may continue using race as a factor in its admissions process, a federal judge ruled on Monday, rejecting the argument of a conservative nonprofit legal group that is attempting to dismantle college affirmative action policies across the country.
In her ruling, which came down decidedly against the plaintiffs, Judge Loretta C. Biggs said that the school’s use of race in deciding which students to admit was narrowly tailored, and that it had made an effort to consider race-neutral alternatives.
“While no student can or should be admitted to this university, or any other, based solely on race,” she wrote, “because race is so interwoven in every aspect of the lived experience of minority students, to ignore it, reduce its importance and measure it only by statistical models misses important context.”
The plaintiff, a group called Students for Fair Admissions, vowed to immediately appeal, and the case appeared destined for the Supreme Court, which is currently considering whether to hear a similar case against Harvard University.
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