The Triad Business Journal highlights attorney Chris Edwards' perspective on the current implications of college admissions in a post-affirmative action era.
In an article titled "WFU Launches First-of-Its-Kind Admissions Initiative in Wake of Affirmative Action Ruling," author Lillian Johnson discusses Wake Forest University's new policy aimed at reducing barriers to higher education for first-generation students by offering early action.
This initiative was introduced months after the Supreme Court's decision prohibiting colleges from considering race in their admissions process. The article cites a previous interview with Chris in which he suggests that schools will need to think outside of the box about their admissions process. From the article:
Chris Edwards, an appellate attorney from North Carolina firm Ward and Smith, previouslytold TBJ that colleges will have to get creative, perhaps by using proxies such as socioeconomic status, geographics or whether the student is a first-generation college student. He explained that those considerations are not suspect because they are "viewedcompletely differently" by the courts.