Universities Say Affirmative Action Ban Won’t Stop Them From Pursuing Racial Outcomes

Harvard Yard, old heart of Harvard University campus, in Cambridge, Mass., in 2013. Jannis Tobias Werner/Shutterstock

While there has been much debate over the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the use of affirmative action in schools, many believe that it won’t change the goals many institutions have of achieving race-based outcomes.

Richard Lempert, who helped draft a university affirmative action policy that the Supreme Court upheld 20 years ago, agrees.