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Affirmative action has ended, but some schools have still managed to maintain or improve diversity

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When the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions in 2023, most people expected a major drop in the enrollment of Black and Latino students at elite schools. That happened at a few schools, but at others, enrollment of Black and Latino students went up.

Here & Now's Scott Tong talks to Rose Horowitch, staff writer at The Atlantic, about the numbers from the first admissions cycle since that 2023 ruling and why some are surprising.

This segment aired on February 24, 2025.

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