Biden Admin Releases Diversity Guidance for Colleges After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

President Joe Biden’s administration is circulating new guidance for how colleges and universities can promote diversity after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down race-based affirmative action admission policies.

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

President Joe Biden’s administration is circulating new guidance for how colleges and universities can promote diversity after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down race-based affirmative action admission policies.

In June, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard that race-based affirmative action at colleges and universities is unconstitutional. President Biden was quick to register his disagreement with the court’s decision.