WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s opinion about affirmative action rejects the use of race as an admissions factor at colleges and universities.
But it does not close to door to giving applicants extra consideration if they have suffered bias, discrimination or hardships.
It means that efforts to diversify will need to change at many colleges and universities, and admissions offices will need to rely on what is often described as “race-neutral” policy that focuses on the hardships and experiences of individual applicants.
