College Board Issues Report on Implications of Supreme Court Decisions on Higher Ed

The College Board on Thursday issued guidance for member institutions on how to maintain affirmative action the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last month that rejected two school districts’ use of race in assigning students to schools. The general conclusion of the College Board analysis is that while affirmative action in higher education remains legal, colleges must be sure that their goals are “mission driven and educationally focused,” and are not based on “numbers alone.” The report also advised colleges to be sure that they had considered “race-neutral” alternatives. - Inside Higher Education, 7/20/07 http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/20/qt

[ AAAA Note: For a copy of the report " Echoes of Bakke: A Fractured Supreme Court Invalidates Two Race-Conscious K-12 Student Assignment Plans But Affirms the Compelling Interest in the Educational Benefits of Diversity. (.pdf/189KB) by Arthur L. Coleman, Scott R. Palmer, and Steven Y. Winnick from the law firm Holland + Knight, which provides an analysis of the implications of these decisions for higher education, go to: http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/diversitycollaborative/EchoesofBakke.pdf ]