A former college admissions officer has raised concerns that universities are using coded language such as "first-generation" and "low-income" to identify Black students in applications following the Supreme Court's decision to ban affirmative action.
The allegation has sparked debate over how colleges are adapting their admissions practices in the wake of the high court's 2023 ruling, which effectively ended race-conscious admissions at universities nationwide.
According to the former admissions officer, colleges are employing demographic and socioeconomic keywords as a proxy for race when evaluating applicants, a practice critics argue amounts to circumventing the Supreme Court's decision.
