UNC to Offer Free Tuition to Some Students After SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

UNC to Offer Free Tuition to Some Students After SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, N.C., on June 29, 2023. Eros Hoagland/Getty Images
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The University of North Carolina (UNC) will be offering free tuition to some students following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling to strike down race-based admissions policies at U.S. colleges—also referred to as affirmative action policies.

The high court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions in its cases against Harvard College (the undergraduate college of Harvard University) and the University of North Carolina, saying that race-based admissions policies violates the Equal Protections Clause of the 14th Amendment.