In 1996, California voters approved a ballot initiative that banned race conscious admissions. The result? A dramatic drop in the number of underrepresented minority students. Schools still want diversity and so how will they get it now? "I mean, I'm hoping they're going to pull out all the stops," she says.
The Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC. The ruling is likely to reshape affirmative action in America.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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