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​​Curtailing Affirmative Action in College Admissions

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​​Curtailing Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Activists from the Asian American Coalition for Education protest against affirmative action outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 29, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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Last week, the Supreme Court took a stand for justice. In a pair of decisions, the Court banned the longstanding process of “affirmative action” (a euphemism for racial preferences) in the college admissions process.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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