Asian-American group hails rescinding of Obama-era admission guidelines

A group of Asian-Americans today welcomed the Trump Administration's move to rescind the Obama -era policy guidelines which encouraged schools, colleges and institutes of higher education to use race and ethnicity as a factor in the admissions.

The Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) had filed complaints with the Department of Justice and the Department of Education against the Harvard University's discriminatory treatment of Asian-American applicants in admissions.

"This is a triumphant moment for Asian American communities," the AACE said, adding this timely update signifies a culmination of much-needed government actions to revamp misguided policies that facilitated widespread abuses of race-based affirmative action in higher education.

The Trump Administration has rescinded the Obama-era guidelines that encouraged American schools, colleges and institutes of higher education to use race and ethnicity as a factor in the admissions process to promote diversity among students.

The guidelines were among 24 policy documents revoked yesterday by the Justice Department for being "unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper."