Western Massachusetts Colleges Finding Ways To Get What They Want Following U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Barring Affirmative Action

Colleges in western Massachusetts are changing their admissions questions to try to get information they want about applicants without overtly using race to made admissions decisions, as they did before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that practice unconstitutional earlier this summer. Smith College, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, has added a short-answer question asking applicants what "personal experiences, background, or abilities would you bring to this residential environment to sh

Colleges in western Massachusetts are changing their admissions questions to try to get information they want about applicants without overtly using race to made admissions decisions, as they did before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that practice unconstitutional earlier this summer. Smith College, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, has added a short-answer question asking applicants what "personal experiences, background, or abilities would you bring to this residential environment to sh…