Affirmative Action’s Diversity Dilemma Spells Its Doom (Podcast)

It’s been almost 20 years since Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, intentionally or not, set an affirmative action countdown in motion. On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court heard arguments that Harvard and the University of North Carolina go too far in their use of race in admissions. Will the diversity rationale — the heart of affirmative action defenses since 1978 — convince this staunchly conservative court?

Listen to Episode 1, Episode 2, and Episode 3 of our four-part series on affirmative action in college admissions.

Also, while diversity has been the reason affirmative action has survived ...