{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Law","slug":"new-books-in-law-435148","podcast_index_feed_id":435148,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT9194668674","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ed004316-efde-11e8-9046-ff9798033c68/image/ae1a67b1e26a70ce7206b645623e48a3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1864,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T20:20:35.462151+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-law-435148"},"episode":{"title":"Julie J. Park, \"Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era\" (Harvard Education Press, 2026)","slug":"julie-j-park-race-class-and-affirmative-action-college-admissions-in-a-new-era-harvard-education-press-2026","published_at":"2026-05-31T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-law-435148/julie-j-park-race-class-and-affirmative-action-college-admissions-in-a-new-era-harvard-education-press-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-law-435148","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK6624068280.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK6624068280.mp3","summary":"In Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era (Harvard Education Press, 2026), Julie J. Park offers deft analysis of the changes to college admissions and campus life since the US Supreme Court ruled to restrict race-conscious policies in two 2023 cases: Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Park offers clear explanations of the rulings, their historical context, and their implications for higher education policy. She highlights how the Supreme Court still allows campuses to consider the role of race in students' experiences and that numerous tools to advance diversity in admissions remain. In this lively, timely work, Park points out the swift and stark post-ruling shifts in campus demographics and grapples with questions of how to push toward a more equitable admissions system. She investigates alternative initiatives, such as test-optional and test-free admissions, percent plans, and others, weighing their merits and drawbacks. She also examines inequality affecting college applications themselves and offers ideas for reform. Integrating up-to-the minute research on admissions, standardized testing, enrollment management, and the campus racial climate, Park recommends actions that can advance equity-oriented access to higher education despite the current restrictions on race-conscious admissions. Park ends with a call to campus leaders, policymakers, and practitioners to reimagine selective college admissions and attendance and offers a glimpse of what the future could hold. Julie J. Park is a professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. An expert on race and diversity in higher education, she served as a consulting expert in the landma…","meta_description":"In Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era (Harvard Education Press, 2026), Julie J. Park offers deft analysis of the changes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3725,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-law-435148/episodes/julie-j-park-race-class-and-affirmative-action-college-admissions-in-a-new-era-harvard-education-press-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-law-435148/julie-j-park-race-class-and-affirmative-action-college-admissions-in-a-new-era-harvard-education-press-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}