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Harvard Reports Slight Decline in Black Students After Affirmative Action Ruling

(BOSTON) — There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. The impact of the ruling is still coming into focus at selective universities around the country, with some reporting significant swings in the numbers of students of color and others seeing little change. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In a case sparked by challenges to admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the court’s conservative majority last year barred colleges from considering race, leaving many searching for new ways to promote student diversity. Data released Wednesday by Harvard showed 14% of incoming students identified as Black, a drop of 4% from the class before it.

 

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