Admissions Equality in the Higher Education Compact
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| Title: | Admissions Equality in the Higher Education Compact |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ian Kingsbury, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Conservative Education Reform Network (CERN) |
| Source: | American Enterprise Institute. 2025. |
| Availability: | American Enterprise Institute. 1150 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-862-5800; Fax: 202-862-7177; Web site: http://www.aei.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Admission, Equal Education, Higher Education, Presidents, Federal Government, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Government Role, Racial Discrimination, Citizenship, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Institutional Characteristics, Medical Schools, Universities, Government School Relationship |
| Geographic Terms: | Massachusetts (Cambridge), North Carolina |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Fourteenth Amendment, Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VI |
| Abstract: | The Trump administration's October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sparked an overdue conversation about the relationship between universities and the federal government. The administration identified issues that deserve to be addressed. But its approach provoked serious objections, even from sympathetic observers. That has created an opening for alternatives that are more workable and rooted in legislative authority. To that end, AEI's Conservative Education Reform Network commissioned contributions from several right-of-center higher education thinkers. Each tackles one of the compact's eight priorities, seeking to offer Congress, state lawmakers, and campus leaders a path forward. In this report, Ian Kingsbury takes on equality in admissions. The 2023 Supreme Court decision "Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College" was supposed to end race-conscious college admissions, but admissions data from elite institutions and medical schools clearly indicate that colleges are devising work-arounds rather than complying with the decision. The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education acknowledges the prospect of continued racial discrimination in admissions but does not offer clues for identifying it. Therefore, a clear vision is needed for compliance. Schools should lose federal funding if they hit certain admissions trip wires that clearly indicate discriminatory intent. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED677977 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The Trump administration's October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sparked an overdue conversation about the relationship between universities and the federal government. The administration identified issues that deserve to be addressed. But its approach provoked serious objections, even from sympathetic observers. That has created an opening for alternatives that are more workable and rooted in legislative authority. To that end, AEI's Conservative Education Reform Network commissioned contributions from several right-of-center higher education thinkers. Each tackles one of the compact's eight priorities, seeking to offer Congress, state lawmakers, and campus leaders a path forward. In this report, Ian Kingsbury takes on equality in admissions. The 2023 Supreme Court decision "Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College" was supposed to end race-conscious college admissions, but admissions data from elite institutions and medical schools clearly indicate that colleges are devising work-arounds rather than complying with the decision. The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education acknowledges the prospect of continued racial discrimination in admissions but does not offer clues for identifying it. Therefore, a clear vision is needed for compliance. Schools should lose federal funding if they hit certain admissions trip wires that clearly indicate discriminatory intent. |
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