Dossier
race-conscious admissions
Coverage of race-conscious admissions in the Nexus archive.
- Ketanji Brown Jackson agrees with Michelle Obama’s criticism of ‘plucking’ kids of color into elite schools
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson supported Michelle Obama's critique of isolating students of color in elite colleges, citing Harvard's Black community as a positive example. Jackson described her experience at Harvard, where a sizable Black student population fostered a sense of belonging. The article also notes declining Black enrollment at Harvard following a 2023 Supreme Court ruling against race-conscious admissions.