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Supreme Court strikes down consideration of race as a factor in college admissions

But the ruling says colleges can still consider “discussion of how race affected the applicant's life.”

Jacquelyn Martin

   

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Thursday that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unlawful.

Reset discusses what the decision means for the future of higher education.

GUESTS: Steven Schwinn, professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Lisa Philip, WBEZ higher education reporter

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