The Supreme Court’s June decision putting an end to the use of affirmative action in higher education admissions paved the way for potentially dramatic changes in who gets into college and where they go.
The case revolved around affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, but the impacts will touch campuses across the country — at least campuses which receive federal funding. And while the extent of the ruling will only become clear over time, even a cursory look at the data around educational attainment shows two very important points hold true.
First, sharp racial and ethnic divides remain around who has bachelor’s degree in the United States today. And second, those differences have very real socioeconomic impacts in broader American society. CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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