How SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling impacts college admissions

On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decreed it unconstitutional for American universities to consider race in their admissions processes. The majority judgment held that affirmative action ended up resulting in unlawful discrimination against Asian-American students at Harvard University and against both white and Asian-American students at the University of North Carolina (UNC). The judgment’s implications are likely to go far beyond the university ecosystem, and the Biden administration is already believed to be contemplating executive actions in response.