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Impact of the Supreme Court’s reversal of affirmative action, explained in one chart

Vox: “New college admissions data for the first group of admitted students since the US Supreme Court sharply limited affirmative action last year suggests that the decision has had a negative impact on Black enrollment at some universities. While some colleges have seen major fluctuations in the enrollment of students of color in the class of 2028, including notable declines among Black and African American students, the impact has appeared more muted elsewhere. Many universities have yet to release their data, however, so a more clear picture may emerge throughout the fall. The most dramatic change was at MIT, which saw an 8 percentage point dropoff in Black and African American enrollment, down from 13 percent enrollment on average in the four years prior, and a 6 percentage point boost in Asian American enrollment, up from 41 percent. Washington University in St. Louis and Tufts University also saw a significant decline in Black and African American enrollment, which sank by 4 and almost 3 percentage points at each school, respectively. Yale University saw no change in enrollment among Black and African American students, but it reported a 6 percentage point decline among Asian Americans. And at schools such as the University of Virginia, demographic changes in enrollment were fairly negligible across demographic groups, moving no more than a few percentage points in either direction…”

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