The Supreme Court‘s 6-3 Republican-appointed majority could soon end race-conscious affirmative action admissions policies at universities, though some professors say colleges may still promote diversity and inclusion, depending on the scope of the justices’ ruling.

Race-based affirmative action policies have been used to boost college admission opportunities for disadvantaged racial minorities in the United States since the 1960s. In the upcoming cases against the private and public institutions of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, respectively, challengers argue those same affirmative action practices have disproportionately harmed Asian American applicants and that institutions should amend their policies to adopt “race-neutral” standards, according to the conservative group Students for Fair Admissions.
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