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New Diversity-Salary Metric Could Spur Court Review of 2023 Ban

4/30/2026

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U.S. researchers Debanjan Mitra, Peter Golder, and Mariya Topchy created a metric linking institutional diversity to graduates’ starting salaries.
It draws on data from nearly 350 business and law schools, covering about 3,000 alumni over 20 years and roughly 75 percent of each class.
The authors say the metric could prompt courts to revisit the 2023 Supreme Court ruling banning race-based affirmative action.

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Story summary

U.S. researchers Debanjan Mitra, Peter Golder, and Mariya Topchy created a metric linking institutional diversity to graduates’ starting salaries.
It draws on data from nearly 350 business and law schools, covering about 3,000 alumni over 20 years and roughly 75 percent of each class.
The authors say the metric could prompt courts to revisit the 2023 Supreme Court ruling banning race-based affirmative action.