Did Colleges Obey the Supreme Court?

Kind of, sort of, a little bit.

From the New York Times, a study of 59 of the more prestigious colleges’ reactions to announcing that affirmative action violates the Constitution:

The first thing to note is that due to the rapid growth of Hispanics and Asians, the share of the population that is black, and not Hispanic, not multiracial, and not foreign, has been falling. Yet, instead, we see the black share grow during the Great Awokening from about 5.5% in pre-woke 2012 to about 7.4% in 2022 during the Racial Reckoning, an increase of 35%.

In 2024, after the Supreme Court’s decision banning affirmative action, the black share is down to about 6.2%, still higher than in 2014.

Here’s my paywall: