US Naval Academy ends race consideration in admissions

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Source: Reuters

March 28, 2025 4:45 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago


March 28 (Reuters) - In a policy reversal in line with President Donald Trump's views, the U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the elite military school had long done to raise its enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities. The change was disclosed on Friday in a Justice Department legal filing in an appeal by a group opposed to such affirmative action policies that challenged the race-conscious admissions program at the Naval Academy, located in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Naval Academy had continued to employ its affirmative action admissions program even after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 rejected such policies at civilian colleges and universities. That ruling was an outcome long sought by many U.S. conservatives who have complained that white and certain other applicants were being disadvantaged.

Days after returning to office, Trump signed an executive order on January 27 that eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was appointed by the Republican president, two days later issued guidance barring the military from establishing "sex-based, race-based or ethnicity-based goals for organizational composition, academic admission or career fields."

In light of those directives, Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Admiral Yvette Davids issued guidance prohibiting the consideration of race, ethnicity or sex as a factor in its admissions process, the Justice Department filing said.
A Naval Academy spokesperson declined to comment.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-naval-academy-no-longer-consider-race-admissions-factor-2025-03-28/

[BidenRocks]

1. Let us know

how that works out in chumplandia.
In a better world, this wouldn't be an issue.
We are far from better.

[SunSeeker]

2. Only 6% of Naval Academy students are black right now. Watch that drop to less than 1%

The enrolled student population at United States Naval Academy is 59.2% White, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.51% Two or More Races, 8.85% Asian, 6% Black or African American, 0.292% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and 0.135% American Indian or Alaska Native.
https://datausa.io/profile/university/united-states-naval-academy#:~:text=The%20enrolled%20student%20population%20at,American%20Indian%20or%20Alaska%20Native.

In 2023, Black or African American alone individuals represented an estimated 13.7% of the total U.S. population. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/RHI225223

So African Americans were already severely underrepresented at the Naval Academy.