The Supreme Court has banned colleges from using race as admission criteria, essentially ending affirmative action.
WSJ explains how what happened then can offer a roadmap for what could happen now.
/ Photo Illustration: Madeline MarshallCollege admissions is a data-driven industry.
In any given year, that might mean a wider geographic reach, higher GPAs, more full payers and, in many cases, greater racial and ethnic diversity.
At selective colleges, where seats are limited and applications plentiful, admissions deans make a variety of trade-offs as they craft a class—this many low-income students but that many legacies, or this average SAT score but that much diversity.
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