In just a few weeks, students will return to college campuses across the country—into an environment reshaped by the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action. The effects are no longer theoretical: last year’s freshman class revealed the consequences of that ruling. At Amherst College, Black student enrollment dropped by eight percentage points . At MIT, it plunged from 15 percent to just 5 percent . Yet somehow, Yale, Princeton and Duke maintained their diversity levels , raising uncomfortable questions about whether some schools are quietly working around the Court’s decision.

Now, as the class of 2029 settles into dorm rooms, the Trump administration has escalated the stakes. This spring, federal investigators launched probes into more than 50 universities for alleged

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