Colleges and universities have long struggled to reverse the inequities that drive low diversity rates in higher education, according to research.
. Members argued that the affirmative action policies at the schools were discriminatory against white and Asian students.
Institutions that use affirmative action policies take an individual student’s race or ethnicity into account during the college admissions selection process. It rose to popularity in the 1960s to address racial inequities in access to higher education. Affirmative action has contributed to the rise in students of color attending colleges and universities, experts say.
Nine states have banned affirmative action, and the decision affected their enrollment almost instantaneously: “the number of underrepresented minorities never gets back to pre-ban levels,” said Warikoo. Warikoo argues that college admissions processes similarly take into account other attributes to diversify their student body.
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