Tag: Students for Fair Admissions

Case Study: Examining DEI One Year After SFFA v. Harvard/UNC

By H. Juanita Beecher, FortneyScott Sep 20, 2024 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Sep 20, 2024

In a momentous decision overturning decades of precedents, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC last year that the use of race in college admissions violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Harvard) and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (UNC). While the decision was focused on higher […]

Should Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies Vanish After Landmark Supreme Court Ruling?

By Chase Hattaway, RumbergerKirk Feb 29, 2024 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Feb 29, 2024

Last June, the United States Supreme Court held in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll that affirmative action policies at universities violate the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While the ruling does not apply to employers overall, the rationale and […]