The future of affirmative action

Author: Kathryn Muchnick

Kahlenberg Story

Author and policy fellow Richard Kahlenberg visited campus Wednesday evening as a guest of the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights and the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. 

Kahlenberg served as an expert witness in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina cases this summer. The rulings effectively overturned affirmative action, declaring race-based admissions policies unconstitutional under the 14th amendment.

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