Trump Killing Obama-Era Guidelines on Race in College Applications
by Joshua Caplan The Trump administration on Tuesday will reportedly nullify Obama-era guidelines promoting racial preferences in college admissions to boost campus diversity. Released by the Department of Education and Department of Justice under then-president Barack Obama, the guidelines presented “legal recommendations” for colleges to facilitate more diverse educational environments by incorporating race as a factor in the application process. “Trump administration officials plan to argue that the documents, published in 2011 and 2016, go beyond Supreme Court precedent on the issue and mislead schools to believe that legal forms of affirmative action are simpler to achieve than what...
by Joshua Caplan The Trump administration on Tuesday will reportedly nullify Obama-era guidelines promoting racial preferences in college admissions to boost campus diversity. Released by the Department of Education and Department of Justice under then-president Barack Obama, the guidelines...
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