Supreme Court upends affirmative action in college admissions
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK WAYS TO HELP STOP TRAFFIC PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AT NOON. SUPREME COURT STRUCK A BLOW TO AFFIRMATION ACTION AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY RULING IT UNLAWFUL IN THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. Amy: THE COURT SAYS THAT HARVARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA’S RACE CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS PROGRAMS, VIOLATE THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. LAWSUITS AGAINST THE SCHOOLS CLAIM THE POLICIES DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHITE AND ASIAN AMERICAN APPLICANTS. UNIVERSITIES WHO HAD BEEN BRACING FOR THIS DECISION HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THINKING ABOUT ATTRACTIVE WAYS TO
INCREASE DIVERSITY ON CAMPUS WE MIGHT SEE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PUT MORE WEIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, ON WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? DO YOUR PARENTS HAVE GRADUATE DEGREES? WHAT ZIP CODE DID YOU GROW UP IN? Amy: THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD USING RACE AS FACTOR IN COLLEGE ADMISSION PROGRAMS AS RECENTLY AS 2016. THAT WAS BEFORE THE COURT’S MAKEUP MOVED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT WAY 6-3 CONSERVE MAJORITY. NORTH CAROLINA ROY COOPER REACTED SAYING IN PART CAMPUS LEADERS WILL HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO INSURE THAT NORTH CAROLINIANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS ARE REPRESENTED IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE GOVERNOR WENT ON TO
SAY AND TO INSURE STRONG DIVERSE STUDENT BODIES AT OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NATION. FRED: RIGHT NOW, MILLIONS OF
