US: Campus affirmative action may head to top court

The debate over racial preferences in higher education admissions could be headed back to the US Supreme Court, writes Andrea Billups for The Washington Times. After a federal appeals court decision striking down the Michigan's voter-approved ban two weeks ago and a renewed effort afoot to overturn a similar law in California, colleges and universities may be seeking further guidance on how to legally create racial diversity in their student bodies.

"This issue is still a live issue," said Ada Meloy, general counsel at the American Council on Education in Washington, who noted that at least four states including Michigan have enacted legislation or constitutional amendments that ban affirmative action in higher education.

"The laws that are being passed in these certain states only affect institutions in that particular state, but I believe there is still a movement by certain advocacy groups to try to have these similar laws passed in other states," she said.
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