An Agenda for Congress by Gail L. Heriot :: SSRN

Suppose that the Supreme Court comes down like a sledgehammer on race-preferential admissions policies in the Harvard/UNC cases? What will happen next? This essay suggests that immediate compliance by colleges and universities is unlikely. It argues that the structural supports for race-preferential admissions will have to be removed before reasonable compliance can be expected. It makes two suggestions for Congress: (1) remove the authority of accreditors to dictate the racial composition of faculties and student bodies; (2) eliminate unconstitutional federal programs (such as the Hispanic Serving Institutions program) that give money only to colleges and universities that have a particular racial composition. Instead, Congress should consider directing more money to the colleges and universities that cater to students with the greatest financial need, regardless of the race or ethnicity of the students.

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Good ideas, Gail.