#360 | Renu Mukherjee: The End of Affirmative Action and the Future of Higher Education

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

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🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Renu Mukherjee, a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute, joins The Realignment to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court's likely upcoming decision to overturn the use of affirmative action in college admissions. Renu and Marshall cover possible race-neutral alternatives to the status quo, the balance between pure meritocracy and the advantage of a diverse (in all respects) student body, and the legal specifics of the Harvard University case driving the debate. They also explore the issues driving a possible realignment of Asian-American voters, at least at the local and city level.

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
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0:08.4	When we dive into today's episode, I wanted to shout out the Realignment's Supercast
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0:31.2	So, if you haven't subscribed yet, go to realignment.supercast.com,
0:36.3	where you can listen to that additional content, but also submit your own questions onto today's
0:42.1	episode. Over the past few years, the Realignment has done a bunch of episodes on the future of
0:46.9	higher education, and today's episode is all about the future of college relating to affirmative
0:52.6	action. This June, the Supreme Court is expected to overturn the affirmative action status quo,
0:58.1	due to a case out of Harvard University, focused on whether or not the current policy
1:02.0	discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Today's guest, Raining Mukherjee,
1:06.6	is a conservative opponent of affirmative action, who works at the Manhattan Institute.
1:11.2	Our conversation is focused on what comes next, and what she sees as the race neutral alternatives
1:16.9	to that status quo. And a quick note, I will of course have a supporter of the current policy
1:24.8	on to discuss the post affirmative action status quo at some point in the near future.
1:30.6	You take you to Lincoln Network for supporting the podcast. Hope you all enjoy the conversation.
1:39.3	Raining Mukherjee, welcome to the Realignment.
1:42.4	Thanks for having me.
1:44.2	Yeah, it's really great to speak with you. I haven't done an episode on affirmative action,
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