Justices to hear case on race in admission policy for the moment time after white woman sues over rejected application to Austin campusThe US supreme court on Monday agreed to wade back into a years-long legal battle over the use of race in the undergraduate admissions process at the University of Texas,setting the stage for a seminal challenge to affirmative action in higher education.
In a one-line order on the final day of an eventful session, the justices said they would return to the case involving Abigail Fisher, and a white student from Texas,who was denied admission by the university’s Austin campus in 2008 under its race-conscious admissions policy. After her rejection, Fisher and her lawyers sued the university for discrimination.
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Source: theguardian.com