Trump administration rescinds policies encouraging affirmative action in college admissions
The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging the use of race to determine admission to educational institutions, instead favoring a race-neutral policy that critics see as a move against affirmative action.
The government returned to guidelines used during the George W. Bush administration and rejected Obama administration guidelines to schools and colleges that included taking a potential student's race under consideration as a way to increase diversity.
The changes do not outlaw affirmative action, which the Supreme Court has upheld several times, most recently in 2016.
Opponents and proponents of affirmative action said Tuesday's move sent the strongest
