Three years after the end of race-conscious admissions

Sept. 23, 2026

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in SFFA v. Harvard that race-conscious admissions policies violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The decision had an immediate impact on how colleges and universities determine who gets into their institutions. Three years after the ruling, researchers and organizations focused on college admissions have considered its impacts, examined the varying interpretations by state governments, and asked what the future of opportunity looks like.