YALE IS TO ARGUE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT THAT RACE MUST BE A FACTOR IN THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS

"In the 2003 matter of Grutter v. Bollinger, the United States Supreme Court held that colleges and universities could consider race and ethnicity in their admissions decisions.  . However, the court on recently moved from that previous position which could ultimately reverse that decision — ending race-based affirmative action policies at Yale and other higher education institutions across the country." reports the Yale Times


Last Tuesday, February 21, 2912,  the Supreme Court announce that  it would hear Fisher v. University of Texas — a case filed by a white student, Abigail Fisher, who said she was denied admission to the University of Texas’s Austin campus because of her race.

Since the ruling on Grutter v. Bollinger ruling in 2003, education experts said the argument over affirmative action policies at colleges and universities has calmed, but news of the court’s decision to hear another affirmative action case has reignited debate between supporters and opponents of the policy.

To read more on this controversy,  go to 

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/feb/24/supreme-court-to-rule-on-race-in-college/