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A Victory For Affirmative Action, And For Many Colleges A Sigh Of Relief By a 4-3 vote, the Supreme court has upheld the use of race in admissions at the University of Texas at Austin. Much of higher education welcomed the decision. Read more on NPR

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Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action In College Admissions The Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in college admissions Thursday in a 4-3 ruling on the University of Texas' use of race as a factor in a program to increase diversity in the student body. Read more on NPR

University Of Texas At Austin President Reacts To Affirmative Action Ruling NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gregory Fenves, the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the school at the center of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling about affirmative action. Read more on NPR

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The Supreme Court ruled 4-3 today that the “race conscious” affirmative action admissions program used by the University of Texas is lawful. The court ruled that Abigail Fisher, the white student who says her race kept her out of the freshman class of UT-Austin in 2008, did not show that [...] from Forbes Education