{"id":2001287,"date":"2023-08-15T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/affirmative-action-reemerges-as-biden-reelection-campaign-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:20:47","slug":"affirmative-action-reemerges-as-biden-reelection-campaign-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/affirmative-action-reemerges-as-biden-reelection-campaign-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign highlights affirmative action."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faffirmative-action-reemerges-as-biden-reelection-campaign-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u200cBiden Administration&#8217;s Commitment to Diversity in Higher Education<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden \u200dadministration is determined to prioritize diversity in colleges and\u200d universities,\u200b despite\u200d the recent Supreme Court ruling that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slams-supreme-court-for-affirmative-action-decision-this-is-not-a-normal-court\/\" title=\"Biden criticizes Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling: 'Court is not normal'\">ended affirmative action<\/a> at most institutions. President Joe Biden \u200cand Democrats expressed their disappointment with the decision, but they are not \u200dgiving\u200d up on promoting diversity in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Education \u2062Secretary\u200c Miguel Cardona, speaking on a call with reporters, emphasized the \u200bimportance of equal opportunity\u2063 and justice, drawing\u200c inspiration from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-civil-rights-leaders-in-leaked-call\/\" title=\"Biden Snaps at Civil Rights Leaders in Leaked Call\">civil rights movement<\/a>. As the grandson of a \u2063sugarcane \u2062farmer in Puerto Rico,\u200b Cardona understands the significance of \u200ccreating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-trade-deal-published-as-uk-calls-for-end-to-ugly-divisions\/\" title=\"Brexit trade deal published as UK calls for end to \u2018ugly\u2019 divisions\">level playing field<\/a> for all students.<\/p>\n<p>To support this commitment, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education\u200b have jointly issued\u200b new guidelines for colleges and \u2062universities. These\u200b guidelines encourage institutions to embrace diversity through alternative means, such as\u2063 recruiting from high schools with a high percentage of minority students and allowing\u2063 applicants \u200dto share personal\u200d experiences of\u2063 how race has influenced their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines \u2064provide examples \u200cof how students\u2063 can discuss race in their admissions\u200b essays, highlighting achievements like \u200dbecoming the first black violinist in a\u200c city \u200dyouth orchestra or\u2062 overcoming \u200dthe \u200cchallenges of being the only person of\u2062 South\u200b Asian descent in \u2064a rural high school.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that these guidelines do not carry the force of law. Instead, they serve as resources for colleges and universities to understand the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in cases involving \u200dStudents \u2063for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair \u2064Admissions, Inc. v.\u200c University of North Carolina. In these cases, the court ruled that considering race in \u200cadmissions violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Cardona stressed the urgency of \u200bthe situation, highlighting the impact of ending \u200baffirmative action on campus diversity and equitable opportunities for students from all backgrounds. He also expressed concern about the decline in minority student applications and \u2063admissions in states that have banned affirmative action.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Opinion and Conservative \u2062Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>The issue \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/affirmative-action-reemerges-as-biden-reelection-campaign-issue\/\" title=\"Biden's reelection campaign highlights affirmative action.\">race-based admissions preferences<\/a> is likely to\u200c be\u2064 a significant topic in \u2062the\u2062 2024 campaign. A recent Pew Research \u200dCenter poll revealed that a \u200bmajority of respondents disapprove\u2063 of colleges considering race and ethnicity in \u2063admissions decisions. \u2062However, among Democratic-leaning voters, there is strong\u2064 support for such policies.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives argue that the new guidance undermines\u200d the spirit of the Supreme Court ruling,\u2063 claiming that universities&#8217; \u200cuse of racial\u2064 classifications is imprecise and counterproductive to achieving true diversity. They believe that the administration is misleading universities by suggesting that \u200cthese \u2064arbitrary categories comply with the \u200dcourt&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Another target of criticism is the practice of legacy admissions and admissions for the\u200b children of donors. Democrats, along with some \u200bRepublicans, argue that these practices are discriminatory and contribute \u200bto maintaining a ruling class\u200b based on privilege.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) \u2063and Bernie Sanders (I-VT)\u200b have called for an end to donor and legacy admissions,\u2063 citing the Supreme \u2062Court&#8217;s decision as \u200ca blow against diversity in higher education while perpetuating advantages for the \u200cwealthy \u2064and well-connected.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>Affirmative action and diversity in higher education will \u2064continue to be key issues in the 2024 campaign. Democratic voters strongly\u200c support race-based admissions preferences and also\u2064 back President Biden&#8217;s efforts to address \u200cstudent\u2063 loan debt. The\u200d administration remains determined to fight for diversity and equal opportunities, refusing to let the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision be the final word on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click\u2062 here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>not stopping them from advocating for diversity. They are determined to continue their efforts and have provided colleges with recommendations to promote inclusivity. Despite the setback caused by the Supreme Court ruling, President Biden and Democrats remain committed to addressing this issue in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2001288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}