{"id":3411,"date":"2023-03-07T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/?page_id=3411"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:11:56","slug":"unc-harvard-supreme-court-decision-external","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/unc-harvard-supreme-court-decision-external\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC\/Harvard Supreme Court Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-3411\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n<h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Federal Guidance on Supreme Court Decision<\/h3>\n<p>The Trump Administration\u2019s Department of Education (DOE) in February, 2025, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf\">Dear Colleague Letter<\/a> with guidance to instruct educational institutions receiving federal funds to end racial preferences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions regarding the legality of race-conscious admissions programs used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in the cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/20-1199_hgdj.pdf\"><em>Students for Fair Admissions (SSFA) v. Harvard<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/20-1199_hgdj.pdf\"><em>Students for Fair Admissions v. North Carolina.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Universities of Wisconsin is reviewing the guidance to see what impact it may have on our universities. We will assess the next steps surrounding this issue and abide by the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-6 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<p><strong>U.S. Department of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-releases-frequently-asked-questions-dear-colleague-letter-about-racial-preferencing\">U.S. Department of Education Releases Frequently Asked Questions on Dear Colleague Letter About Racial Preferencing<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Department of Education (3\/1\/25)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf\">Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Dear Colleague Letter<\/a> (2\/14\/25)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>U.S. Supreme Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/20-1199_hgdj.pdf\">Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/22pdf\/20-1199_hgdj.pdf\">Students for Fair Admissions v. North Carolina<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6 cfct-block\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3411\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}