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Linda McMahon: “The Harvard decision said that your admissions policy has to…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon interviewed by Washington Examiner News Editor Marisa Schultz

Published | Video Starts at 25:48

And so we're going to continue, you know, to fight for that, fight against that, because I don't believe that race based scholarships. And I think when we look back at the Harvard decision, the students of The Harvard decision said that your admissions policy has to be based on merit and not on race. And that's what we're going to stick to. And you mentioned this diversity in viewpoint versus diversity based on skin color or gender. (25:48–25:59)

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Asserts that a legal decision mandates admissions policies to be merit-based rather than race-based.

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