2023-06-30
24 分钟Hey there, it's Shamita here.
We just got a major ruling from the Supreme Court.
It put an end to affirmative action in college admissions, meaning universities can no longer consider race when accepting a new class of students.
The ruling is expected to have pretty big repercussions for schools and for students.
And it reminded me of a conversation I had earlier this year with a researcher who said race conscious admissions is only a sliver of the problem with elite colleges and the future they set us up for.
So let's revisit that conversation today in light of this massive Supreme Court news.
This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
Today, the problem with elite colleges.
The top universities in America carry a lot of weight.
Symbolism all over the world.
They mean something.
Oh, you went to Princeton.
You must be smart, you must be hard working, you must be deserving, you must be.
Well, you mustn't be anything other than wealthy.
Evan Mandery has been writing for years about admissions practices at elite schools.
There are pathways, and I don't think people realize how common these pathways are that are basically available only to the wealthy, a disproportionate share of whom are white.
Evan is a Harvard graduate himself.
He's also a professor at John Jay College of Criminal justice, which is part of cuny, the City University of New York, where more than half of the students come from families making less than $30,000 a year.
He's also the author of the book Poison How Elite Colleges Divide Us.