Letitia James, William Tong, Kathy Jennings, Kwame Raoul, Keith Ellison, Matthew Platkin, Charity Clark and Nick Brown
Inside Higher Ed
Excerpt: The Supreme Court, even in striking down diversity initiatives, still made clear that universities could explore race-neutral alternatives to achieve equity. The use of socioeconomic and geographic factors is exactly such an alternative. Despite U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi’s recent nonbinding guidance warning against the use of geographic indicators as “proxies” for race, make no mistake: Abandoning consideration of these elements of an applicant’s background is not a legal requirement but a political choice, reflecting fear rather than courage.
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