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Trump administration moves to rescind Obama-era guidance on race in admissions

The following article by Nick Anderson and Moriah Balingit was posted on the Washington Post website July 3, 2018:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Credit: Gregory Bull/AP

The Trump administration Tuesday discouraged the use of race in college admissions and public school enrollment by revoking federal guidance on affirmative action from the Obama era.

The announcement is the latest step in a decades-long debate over the use of race in admissions, a tactic for many schools seeking to diversify and overcome the legacy of segregation.

Trump officials said that the Obama administration overstepped its authority by going ­beyond what the Supreme Court has said in affirmative-action ­cases. In recent years, the court has restricted when race can be used. President Barack Obama’s policies interpreting those rulings sought to show schools and colleges how they could use race voluntarily in the interest of promoting diversity.

View the complete article on the Washington Post website here.

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