Tim Scott requires finish to legacy admissions in wake of affirmative motion choice

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) weighed in on the Supreme Court docket ruling to take away affirmative motion from the faculty admissions course of on Thursday, urging Harvard to “remove any legacy packages.”

“One of many issues that Harvard may do to make that even higher is to remove any legacy packages the place they've preferential remedy for legacy children, not enable for the professors — their children to come back to Harvard as properly,” Scott mentioned on Fox News on Thursday afternoon.

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The Supreme Court docket ruling barred affirmative motion at Harvard School and the College of North Carolina, ruling that faculties can not base selections on race in the course of the admissions course of. The 2024 Republican presidential candidate mentioned universities ought to take the trouble a step additional to cowl legacy college students.

“They’re on the lookout for a manner to enhance the footprint of Harvard. Let’s make it possible for all admissions are based mostly on tutorial scores and never simply eliminating affirmative motion, however let’s have a look at the legacy packages,” Scott mentioned. “Let’s have a look at the truth that the professors’ children can go there as properly.”

Following the Supreme Court docket’s choice to ban affirmative motion in faculty admissions, conversations on how schools deal with legacy preferences have been circulating, prompting some lawmakers to name for an finish to the apply.

“Practices like legacy admissions and different methods broaden privilege as a substitute of alternative,” President Joe Biden mentioned whereas asserting plans to direct the Division of Schooling to look at admissions practices to assist schools and universities uphold various scholar our bodies.

Members of the Home of Representatives weighed in as properly.

“If SCOTUS was critical about their ludicrous “colorblindness” claims, they'd have abolished legacy admissions, aka affirmative motion for the privileged,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted.

Faculties and universities can use legacy admissions as an element to present preferential remedy to the kids of alumni. The apply of utilizing legacy admissions to spice up an applicant's probabilities of entry are controversial, and the Supreme Court docket ruling raised questions as to the way it impacts range on campus.

“It is a day the place we perceive that being judged by the content material of our character, not by the colour of our pores and skin, is what our Structure desires,” Scott mentioned. “We're persevering with to type a extra excellent union. The progress in our nation is palpable.”