Nearly two years ago, the Supreme Court struck down the use of racial preferences in college admissions — a momentous decision that has reverberated through the landscape of higher education and begun to usher in a new approach to diversity.
In response to the ruling, then-President Joe Biden urged colleges to keep their commitment to diversity but adopt a “new standard” in admissions to reward students who had overcome adversity, including a lack of financial means.
How has that worked out?
Old ideologies don’t die easily, and there was initial resistance to the ruling on both the far left and the far right. But most schools have come around to the view that it’s time to find new paths to diversity, centered around addressing America’s great class divide.
