UNC to Offer Free Tuition to Some Students After SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
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.
The decision has made it unlawful for universities and colleges to consider race as a specific factor in admissions decisions….