Commentary: Want more diversity in schools? Copy the University of California and look to community colleges
by Stephen Handel And Eileen Strempel, Los Angeles Times
Jul 26, 2023
3 minutes
The Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the use of race and ethnicity in college admissions late last month was neither unexpected nor profound, even if it was disheartening. Higher education has been dealing with anti-affirmative-action legislation for a long time.
Nine states (five blue and four red) have banned the use of race and ethnicity in admission, most notably California, whose voters passed Proposition 209 in 1996. These state-level prohibitions have passed legal muster after repeated challenges. As a result, colleges and
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