{"id":3768,"date":"2019-10-08T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2019-10-18T13:50:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:50:28","slug":"icymi-nacac-applauds-court-decision-on-harvard-admission-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/08\/icymi-nacac-applauds-court-decision-on-harvard-admission-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: NACAC Applauds Court Decision on Harvard Admission Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/harvard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3769\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/harvard-1024x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/harvard-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/harvard-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/harvard-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/harvard.jpg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NACAC issued a statement last week applauding the US District Court decision regarding Harvard University\u2019s admission practices.<\/p>\n<p>The court found that the university\u2019s method for limited consideration of race and ethnicity did not reflect discriminatory intent or create a discriminatory effect in the administration of its undergraduate admission process.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In its statement, NACAC noted that the court&#8217;s decision recognizes &#8220;the importance of preserving an institution\u2019s ability to consider disparities between racial and ethnic groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased that the court has rebuffed an effort to obtain a ruling, denied in previous lawsuits, to end the consideration of race in college admission and restrict a university\u2019s ability to assemble a diverse student body,\u201d Joyce Smith, NACAC CEO, said in the statement. \u201cAs we examine the systemic inequities in college access, we cannot afford to further restrict colleges\u2019 ability to identify talent in the context of significant disparities between students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/nacac-applauds-court-decision-on-harvard-admission-practices\/\">full statement<\/a> and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/marginalized-populations\/diversity-and-access\/\">diversity and access<\/a> in the college admission process.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NACAC issued a statement last week applauding the US District Court decision regarding Harvard University\u2019s admission practices. The court found that the university\u2019s method for limited consideration of race and ethnicity did not reflect discriminatory intent or create a discriminatory effect in the administration of its undergraduate admission process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-nacac-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-YM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}