Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Texas

by E Wayne Ross on February 22, 2012

The Chronicle: Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Texas

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it would take up a lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, setting the stage for it to reconsider affirmative-action policies that it had ruled constitutional in 2003, before its composition significantly changed.