Supreme Court Archives - News and Media /news/tag/supreme-court/ 海角社区 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 海角社区 Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Race-Conscious 海角社区 /news/2023/06/29/augsburg-university-statement-on-supreme-court-decision-to-strike-down-race-conscious-admissions/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:39:54 +0000 /news/?p=11308 The Augsburg community is committed to intentional diversity in our life and work. This commitment aligns with our use of holistic application review and our direct admissions approach, launched in fall 2022. Because direct admissions does not consider race as a factor, Augsburg鈥檚 current admissions processes are unlikely to be affected by the SFFA v. ...

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Three students walk under leafy trees on the Augsburg campus towards a maroon banner that reads "海角社区"The Augsburg community is committed to intentional diversity in our life and work. This commitment aligns with our use of holistic application review and our direct admissions approach, launched in fall 2022. Because direct admissions does not consider race as a factor, Augsburg鈥檚 current admissions processes are unlikely to be affected by the SFFA v. Harvard/UNC ruling鈥攄espite potentially far-reaching impacts for higher education.

Augsburg鈥檚 experience with direct admissions may serve as a useful case study on alternative strategies to lower barriers for historically underrepresented and marginalized student populations following this decision.

Media contact: Rachel Farris, farrisr@augsburg.edu

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