Federal Judge Rules UNC-Chapel Hill Can Continue to Consider Race in Admissions

Yesterday, a federal judge upheld the principles of affirmative action when she ruled that UNC-Chapel Hill can continue to use race as a factor in considering admissions and that doing so is not unconstitutional or discriminatory.

The ruling comes down in a lawsuit brought by the conservative group Students for Fair Admissions, backed by conservative legal strategist Edward Blum, alleging that white and Asian students faced discrimination in the university's admissions process.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs found that race "is not a defining feature" in the university's admissions—true, as only 8.7 percent of UNC-CH students are Black and 8.7 percent are Hispanic, compared to 57.1 percent who are white and 11.3 percent Asian—and that the university had made efforts to consider "race-neutral" admission strategies.

UNC uses a "highly individualized, holistic admissions program" and considers many different factors in admitting students, Biggs wrote.

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