The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy. That is according to court documents made public Friday. The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the academy’s superintendent.
The U.S. Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the U.S. Supreme Court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.
The change comes after Trump signed an executive order directing an internal review to all activities "designed to promote a race-or sex-based preferences system."
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday.
