Equity and inclusion are pillars of excellence in higher education

Submitted by Tim Goral. Before Thursday's Supreme Court decision affirming the University of Texas at Austin's limited use of race in admissions decisions, I had steeled myself for bad news: The fact that the nation's highest court decided to hear the case for a second time, that Justice Elena Kegan had recused herself from the case; and the likely swing vote would be Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has been skeptical of race-conscious admissions, did not bode well. More...