<p>Supreme court to consider whether affirmative action in college admissions has run it's course. Will be interesting to see how this all turns out.</p>
<p>Remember AA is a public university policy. I believe as far as private colleges go- this decision will have little impact. Use of race in their admissions is within their right to build diverse communities.</p>
<p>I believe it would affect the private institutions as well as they are the recipients of federal funds. they must act in accord with federal law to be eligible to receive them.</p>
<p>5lbsofpotatoes see below article.</p>
<p>[Maine’s</a> Private Colleges Keep Close Eye on Texas Affirmative Action Case](<a href=“http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/24113/Default.aspx]Maine’s”>http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/24113/Default.aspx)</p>
<p>Top colleges have been using affirmative action for years and there is no evidence that they do besides the perfectly diverse body they have year after year. Even if AA was illegal, these school would still use their own methods (which may include race secretly) and there is not much federal law can do to a private institutions admittance method.</p>
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Actually the federal gov’t has a lot of leverage. What they actually do, of course, depends on who is running the gov’t. </p>
<p>They can deny federal funds for research and student loans, etc. According to the National Science Foundation, “The federal government provided 71% of the R&D funding for private institutions”. </p>
<p>Or they can use acceptance of those funds to force colleges to comply. Note that courts have ruled that if students have federally guaranteed loans, the school is considered to be receiving federal money and so the gov’t can seek to apply federal laws to it.</p>
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<p>drac313 I think if colleges employed the same methods that they currently use (i.e. considering racial diversity of the institution and admitting accordingly), then they would open themselves up to a lot of litigation from applicants who might have better stats but were denied admission. Consider the situation of 2 applicants from the same high school applying to the same school, with one being a minority applicant. If that minority applicant had lower stats than the other applicant and was admitted, think the college might have a problem on their hands if AA were overturned.</p>