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A look at the first freshman class since the race-conscious admissions ban
Published 1 year, 6 months ago
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This fall, the racial demographics of first year students at selective colleges are under the microscope.
Last year, the Supreme Court all but banned universities from considering the race of applicants in order to diversify their campuses.
Now - enrollment numbers are coming in for the first freshman class admitted under the new legal precedent - and people are poring over the data to gauge its impact.
WBEZ’s Lisa Kurian Philip talked with the policy director of the nonprofit Education Reform Now, James Murphy, about what he sees in the numbers … and the pitfalls of reading too much into them.
HOST: DIXON