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US top court’s ban on race-based university admissions to have far-reaching consequences
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The ruling is expected to result in more white and Asian students and fewer black and Latino students admitted to elite schools.
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WASHINGTON - Colleges in the United States can no longer specifically consider applicants’ race as one of many factors in their admissions processes, after the Supreme Court banned such affirmative action programmes
The decision sets back liberals’ cause of boosting racial diversity on campuses, which has benefited black, Latino and other minority students who tend to be under-represented in higher education.
