The U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday to determine latest limits on affirmative motion programs, essentially ending the consideration of race in college admissions, caused concern amongst fashion design school leaders.
In its ruling, the justices determined that Harvard and University of North Carolina’s admissions programs violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. An opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts noted that at Harvard, each application is screened by a “first reader,” who assigns a numerical rating in each of six categories: academic, extracurricular, athletic, school support, personal, and overall, and the primary reader can and does consider the applicant’s race. Throughout the method, race is taken into account. “The goal of the method, in line with Harvard’s...
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