Supreme Court rejects affirmative action at colleges as unconstitutional
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The Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina is a blow to efforts to boost enrollment of racial minorities.
  • The Supreme Court ruled that the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which gave weight to a would-be student’s race, are unconstitutional.
  • The court’s majority opinion said that both Harvard’s and UNC’s affirmative action programs “unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points.”