Colleges feel the weight of Supreme Court affirmative action decision

(The Hill) -- Two years after the Supreme Court ruled to abolish affirmative action in higher education admissions, Black enrollment at selective universities is down, Asian American enrollment is up and the implications of the decision are becoming clearer.

An analysis by The Associated Press of 20 elite schools shows the drastic effect the 2023 high court decision had on enrollment, with some institutions seeing their Black student population drop to as low as 2 percent.

While everyone agrees the 6-3 Supreme Court decision is the cause, debate swirls around how schools can get the numbers back up and how the Trump administration would respond to a concerted effort to do so.

“The recent decline in Black student enrollment at elite institutions is not an accident,” said Madison Weiss, s