The Broad Reach of the Michigan Cases

The Supreme Court will examine public-university admissions, but private colleges will be affected, too

By JEFFREY SELINGO

When Rice University swiftly discarded racial preferences after a federal court banned affirmative action in admissions in Texas in 1996, it came under fire from minority students who asked why a private college was following a decision in a lawsuit brought...

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