Professor Justin Driver’s New Book Examines the End of Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court’s Ban on Affirmative Action Is Already Having Its Intended Effect

Colleges across the country are currently welcoming a new cohort of students to campus, and many of them are greeting fewer students of color than they have in decades. Princeton University’s student newspaper reported last week that only 5 percent of students in the Class of 2029 identified as Black or African American. According to The Daily Princetonian’s analysis, Black student enrollment hasn’t been this low since 1968. The return to segreg…

Professor Justin Driver’s New Book Examines the End of Affirmative Action

In his new book, Yale’s Justin Driver argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action in college admissions does not mark the end of racial diversity in higher education, but the beginning of a new chapter in the fight for equity.