US Supreme Court poised to end affirmative action Forever NEWS

Washington, April 4 (IANS) The US Supreme Court is set to consider in two pending cases whether the country’s colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions. The decision may change the future of affirmative action policy, introduced to redress historic discrimination, in higher education, reports Xinhua news agency. A study released on March 28 by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce warns that racial and ethnic diversity on university campuses could decline even if the institutions give more weight to factors, such as the socio-economic class of applicants. “Without race-conscious admissions, the role…