Biden calls on US colleges to consider adversity during admission process

Biden calls on US colleges to consider adversity during admission process

President Joe Biden on Thursday urged schools to take note of challenges that candidates face – together with racial discrimination – in the course of the admissions course of after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race-conscious concerns.

The court docket struck down race-conscious pupil admissions applications at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, in a pointy setback to affirmative motion insurance policies usually used to extend the variety of Black, Hispanic and different underrepresented minority teams on campuses.

“The court effectively ended affirmative action, and I strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” Biden stated.

“We cannot let this decision to be the last word,” he added.

Source: www.anews.com.tr