Admissions decisions don't just boil down to ACT and SAT scores. They're also an inquiry into who a student is, the opportunities he or she has had,. Perhaps the barriers and challenges that they might have faced. So not just their achievements matter, but the context for those achievements.
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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