"Blind Eye to Race": President Trump Reverses Affirmative Action College Admissions

Cal Grove : Jul 5, 2018
Faith, Family, America

The President's actions would carry the weight of the federal law behind it, meaning that colleges and universities who do not consider admissions with a blind eye to race could face an investigation by the Justice Department or a lawsuit, or possibly lose funding from the Department of Education.

(Washington, DC)— [FaithFamilyAmerica.com] Under former President Obama, schools were encouraged to vet potential students based on "compelling interest" that considered their race as a determining factor in admission. Under the Trump administration, that policy is changing. (Photo: President Donald Trump in the Oval Office/Faith, Family, America)

According to The New York Times, Trump is urging the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to conduct their admissions processes with a race-blind standard. This could essentially end the practice of affirmative action in the admissions process...

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