Higher education organizations are advising institutions not to overreact to the recent Dear Colleague letter from the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, following the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action. The letter declares all race-conscious programming illegal, but experts emphasize it is not legislation. Ted Mitchell from ACE highlighted that the guidance lacks legal authority and that institutions should approach compliance with caution, as immediate changes in policies or programs are not feasible within the limited timeframe given.
To be abundantly clear, Dear Colleague letters are not law. They are simply statements of intent by executive agencies about how they intend to interpret the law.
The idea that every institution in this country could meaningfully come into compliance with this interpretation, even if they wanted to, is just ridiculous.
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