In Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, the court will consider whether institutions of higher education can use race in their admissions decisions, and whether UNC’s practices violate the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
If the U.S. Supreme Court bans the consideration of race in college admissions, enrollment of minority groups at selective colleges will likely stall or decline - even if the schools give more weight to factors such as class, a new study found.