Affirmative action's impact on school admissions

as we wrap Black History Month we taking a look right now at the ruling eliminating affirming of action here for higher education so did it really level the playing field for students Queen City news anchor Will Lewis spoke with Queens University enrollment experts to find out what's changed in the year since the ruling discrimination still exists in America today's decision does not change that June 20123 it was a ruling many college admissions offices were watching the Supreme Court decision t

hat race-based admissions in higher education is illegal the atmosphere in that room chilled a little bit as we um learned that there were things that we you know are supposed to try to not see anymore Adrien Amador ODI vice president of strategic enrollment at Queens University says the university didn't use race in making admissions decisions but they needed to make sure that they were following guidelines since the ruling current applications suppress the question regarding race once we get t

o the enroll stage we actually have to report back to um the federal government what our racial and ethnic breakdown is on our class so um we didn't eliminate it from the application we've just hidden that information from all of our admission officers the question remains if this decision helped or hurt prospective students OD says this year at Queens there is a higher number of black brown and Indigenous applicants but they need more than a year of data to say for sure and it's hard to picture

a world where the playing field is level that is because of other factors that weigh into admissions at higher education institutions you may not be able to talk about race but other experiences could put people at the front of the line there's whether or not someone is an amazing student athlete as a factor there's a connection to the university it's often called legacy admissions as a factor um for some schools major interest is a factor and the scotus decision opened up other avenues like No

rth Carolina House Bill 607 it would prohibit students to speak on beliefs affiliations ideals or principles regarding matters of contemporary political debate or social action as a condition to admission a bill many are watching in a changing field of how a student's experience prepares them for college new bills that kind of bucket and isolate people can just make our work even harder as we try to build um more diverse inclusive communities that really affirm folks um and who they are and who

they want to become Will Lewis Queen City news [Music]