Daily Debriefing
The Supreme Court's Monday ruling on affirmative action in Fisher v. Texas may lead to an increased number of law suits against universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The ruling said that the lower courts should have placed stricter scrutiny on the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admissions policy. Various legal scholars, academics and activists have predicted that the decision whose opinions spanned a combined total of 41 pages will lead to the invalidation of previously unchallenged admissions policies. Some universities have already begun to explore the possibilities and effects of adopting race-neutral policies, such as Texas's practice of accepting the top ten percent of high school seniors statewide. Other analysts, however, believe it is too soon to tell what the ruling's impact will be.