President Joe Biden, reacting to Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning affirmative action in university admissions, said he strongly disagrees with the decision. The court overturned affirmative action 6-3.
I think schools should use something like the zip code a student lives in. That would allow them to look at the demographic makeup and median income of the area, which are much more equitable factors to consider than race alone. It would enable them to increase academic opportunities for those who are underserved by the current system regardless of the student’s race. And as we know, here in the US, the poorer zip codes also have more minorities, generally speaking.
I generally agree, but to play devil’s advocate: what’s to stop well-off parents from purchasing property in a poor area and marking that down as their residence to give their kids an edge?
I think schools should use something like the zip code a student lives in. That would allow them to look at the demographic makeup and median income of the area, which are much more equitable factors to consider than race alone. It would enable them to increase academic opportunities for those who are underserved by the current system regardless of the student’s race. And as we know, here in the US, the poorer zip codes also have more minorities, generally speaking.
I generally agree, but to play devil’s advocate: what’s to stop well-off parents from purchasing property in a poor area and marking that down as their residence to give their kids an edge?
List by taxable primary residence? Seems easy enough.