{"id":136595,"date":"2023-11-01T00:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T04:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=136595"},"modified":"2023-10-31T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:57:29","slug":"u-louisville-will-still-use-race-in-admissions-president-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/u-louisville-will-still-use-race-in-admissions-president-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U. Louisville will still use race in admissions, president says"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Louisville\u2019s President Kim Schatzel recently told faculty \u201cwe\u2019re going to drive a truck through experience with race in terms of our admissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments referred to campus leaders’ apparent plans to use what some consider a loophole in the Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision to outlaw affirmative action in college admissions.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Faculty Senate on Oct. 4, Schatzel said campus leaders will use a caveat that was carved out in part by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson during the court hearing on Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College<\/em>, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The College Fix.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been some questions with regard to how the Supreme Court decision is affecting admissions both here as well as nationally,\u201d Schatzel said, adding faculty should look at Jackson\u2019s line of questioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the questions that she asked during the Supreme Court hearings with regard to this was, \u2018How is it that someone can apply to a university and get in on the basis of the fact that for five generations their family members have been admitted?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo they could get in based on that legacy of five generations coming in,\u201d she said, \u201cbut someone who has been kept out of a university for five generations because of their legacy is not considered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schatzel said that question \u201cspurred the exception in terms of the decision of the fact that admissions could be based on experience with race \u2026 so we\u2019re going to drive a truck through experience with race in terms of our admissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain committed in terms of our admissions policy, and I just wanted to assure everybody about it, kind of where the strategy is around it,” she said.<\/p>\n

The College Fix<\/em> contacted the public university’s media relations and the president\u2019s office about Louisville\u2019s intentions for its admissions policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not finalized our policies and have nothing to share at this time,\u201d said John Karman, the university\u2019s spokesman.<\/p>\n

Several college admissions consultants have argued<\/a> that race is still considerable despite the Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n

As The College Fix<\/em> previously reported<\/a> in the wake of the ruling, Anna Ivey, a former dean of admissions at the University of Chicago Law School and founder of Ivey Consulting, explained to her clients that admissions offices may still ponder an applicant\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Ivey argued on her website that Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 opinion permits racial considerations if they are intertwined to an applicant\u2019s character formation.<\/p>\n

Ivey pointed out how Justice Roberts\u2019 decision stated universities may consider an \u201capplicant\u2019s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Mike Zhao, president of the Asian American Coalition for Education, told The College Fix<\/em> \u201conly factors related to the applicant as an individual, not members of a racial group, can be considered during the college admissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked specifically about Schatzel\u2019s statement, Zhao called it \u201ca blatant violation of the Supreme Court\u2019s recent rulings.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said \u201can applicant can write about the racial discrimination he or she endured in his or her essay, but it needs to be related to his or her grit, his character, not just being a specific racial group.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what universities should do to reform admissions policies after the ruling, Zhao said they must refocus back to the original purpose of higher education.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelect the best and brightest, and prepare them with the best knowledge and skill sets to meet the challenges of the 21st century,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

MORE: College admissions consultants argue race still considerable despite Supreme Court ruling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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