Pacific Legal Foundation lawyer Erin Wilcox speaks outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, in March 2021. Her organisation has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian-Americans over the revised admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Photo: AP
New admissions rules at elite US high school discriminate against Asian-Americans, judge says
- Asian representation fell from 73 per cent to 54 per cent in Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s latest cohort after the policy changes
- The ruling comes roughly a month after the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case filed by Asian-American families against Harvard
Pacific Legal Foundation lawyer Erin Wilcox speaks outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, in March 2021. Her organisation has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian-Americans over the revised admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Photo: AP
