Researchers talk to Nature about how halting race-conscious admissions will affect STEM employment, university applications and more
Student activists have been demonstrating ahead of the US Supreme Court’s decision on race-conscious university admissions.The US Supreme Court has struck down colleges’ and universities’ right to use race as a factor in deciding which students they admit. Researchers say this will stymie, and others in minority-ethnic groups, at US academic institutions and could reduce diversity among workers in sectors such as science.
Not every college or university in the United States uses race-conscious admissions to shape its student body — some states, including California, Michigan and Florida, have banned the practice at public institutions.
says that the institutions at the centre of the newly decided case do not comply with limits on race-based admissions outlined inThe reason that some US universities have adopted race-conscious admissions — sometimes referred to as affirmative action — is to address centuries of racism and exclusion in the United States. These issues continue today and make it more difficult for people in minority ethnic groups to be admitted to academic institutions.
The 6-3 ruling, split on ideological lines, reflects the court’s rightward turn under Republican President Donald Trump, who appointed three justices to the nine-person bench. This decision will not only have sweeping effects on the composition of student bodies, but it could also affect the make-up of staff, says Julie Park, a researcher at the University of Maryland in College Park, whose work focuses on racial equality in higher education. “For better or for worse, these elite or name-brand institutions are a big part of the pathway into the professoriate,” Park says.
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