Local organizations, university weigh in after Supreme Court overturns affirmative action

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Local organizations and UTSA are weighing in after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned affirmative action, which schools relied on to make race-conscious admissions policies and diversify campuses.

The 6-3 ruling is expected to result in campuses with more white and Asian American students and fewer Black and Hispanic students, according toUTSA President Taylor Eighmy shared some perspective about how the ruling would affect the university.

“We do not anticipate any impact from this decision at this time. We have not and do not use race in our admissions process,” Eighmy said in a“Beyond our guaranteed admissions requirements, the holistic review process we use considers a variety of information to best understand each applicant’s potential to achieve success at UTSA.

KSAT reached out to Texas A&M University-San Antonio for comment but did not hear back by the time this story was published.

 

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