The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action represents a sea change in college admissions and garnered reactions from across the world of higher education and politics.
The leadership of Harvard, one of the two universities that was being sued in the case, issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to having a body of students who “reflect, and have lived, multiple facets of human experience.”
“For almost a decade, Harvard has vigorously defended an admissions system that, as two federal courts ruled, fully complied with longstanding precedent. In the weeks and months ahead, drawing on the talent and expertise of our Harvard community, we will determine how to preserve, consistent with the Court’s new precedent, our essential values,” the statement said.
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