US Air Force and Navy Academians remove the race and gender from the admission process in major policy shifts
In a major policy change, the United States Air Force Academy has removed the race, gender and ethnicity as factors in its admission process. The move comes after a trial that it has been alleged that the institution’s approach to the creation of class diversity was discriminatory.
The New York Times said that the court of the Department of Justice formally gave a formal form on Friday. For manpower and reserve affairs, Air Force Acting Assistant Secretary Guindolin R Defilipi released a memorandum to eliminate any entry goals or quota based on identity categories. The policy applies to academic entry, career areas and overall class structure.
The Air Force Academy in Colorado is the second American military institution to make such changes this year. The US Navy Academy announced a uniform amendment last month. Its Superintendent, Vice Admiral Yate M. Davids said in February that race, sex and ethnicity will no longer play any role during entry, from merit to final selection.
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The two align change with the 27 January executive order signed by President Donald Trump, stating that all branches of the US armed forces should be free from any form on the basis of race or gender. The Defense Department followed its own instructions on 29 January. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed that no unit or department should maintain identity-based goals under DOD.
The lawyers of the Department of Justice have asked the courts to postpone the hearing in both the ongoing cases while these policy changes are implemented.
