From Bloomberg MSN: For the second straight year, some highly selective colleges are reporting lower Black and Hispanic enrollment than before the Supreme Court ruled against racial preferences in admissions. In a Bloomberg analysis of data from 27 elite schools, all but two reported a smaller share of Black freshmen in fall 2025 than in fall 2023, the last class admitted before the affirmative action ban. Some 21 schools saw reduced Hispanic enrollment among first-year students over that period. At the same time, more than half the schools reported equal or higher Asian enrollment in the 2025 freshman class compared to 2023. The lawsuits that led to the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action argued that the practice discriminated against Asian applicants to Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
The figures show the ongoing impact the affirmative action ban has had on diversity on elite campuses. And as the White House threatens to block access to federal funding for schools it says are using racial preferences in admissions, the data may help deflect scrutiny from the Trump administration.
The continued decline in Black students was especially stark. At Harvard, Black students comprised around 11% of the freshman class this year, down 3 points from 2024. The California Institute of Technology saw Black students plunge from about 5% of the freshman class in fall 2024 to 1.6% this academic year. Princeton, where Black enrollment held steady at around 9% in 2024, saw that share drop to 5% for the class that entered this past fall...
No comments:
Post a Comment