Commentary
In late July, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) submitted their response briefs to the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in two lawsuits against the institutions’ admissions processes. The cases, filed by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), are going to be heard on October 31, 2022. Following the responses, a slew of American colleges and universities, progressive think tanks and government agencies weighed in with support for race-based affirmative action in their friends-of-the-court amicus briefs.
Both Harvard and UNC vehemently deny SFFA’s allegations of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions. They also use the legal filings as an opportunity to pledge their unrelenting allegiance to “student-body diversity.”…