Scholars: Fisher Decision Gives Colleges ‘Breathing Room’ to Consider Race in Admissions

In this Diverse Issues in Higher Education article, Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Catherine Morris, and Jamal Watson mention the Supreme Court’s decision of upholding the use of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions. They also quote Anthony Carnevale that, “we’re holding qualified students back, particularly minorities, saying they can’t succeed when in reality, they indeed can.”