US EditionBlack enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
Harvard’s Black and Hispanic enrollment fell by several percentage points after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action; international student numbers also declined, while Asian American enrollment rose.
- On Thursday, Harvard University and an Associated Press analysis found Black enrollment dropped at many elite colleges in the two years since affirmative action ended.
- Since the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling, President Donald Trump escalated oversight by ordering expanded admissions data from 1,700 schools, while colleges anticipated legal and political pressure from SFFA and the administration.
- The data indicate Hispanic students' share fell from 16 to 11, while Asian American freshmen increased from 37% to 41%, and international students dropped from 18% to 15%.
- The AP analysis finds Black freshman shares as low as 2% at some campuses, with Princeton University seeing its lowest proportion since 1968 and nearly half fewer new Black students in two years.
- Federal reporting changes have prompted many colleges to delay demographic data, Harvard University to postpone release until fall, and higher education experts to warn of White House pressure on diversity efforts.
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Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
Harvard sees drop in Black, Hispanic student admissions, rise in Asian Americans
Harvard College has released admissions data for the class of 2029 showing a decrease in Black and Hispanic students while the share of Asian American students at the university has gone up. The class of 2029 has a makeup of 11.5 percent Black students, 11 percent Hispanic and 41 percent Asian American. In the class of…
Black, Hispanic enrollment drops at Harvard in 2nd year since affirmative action ban
Black, Hispanic and international enrollment declined at Harvard University as the percentage of Asian American students increased, according to new data released on Thursday.
Black and Hispanic Enrollment Drops, Asian Enrollment Rises for Harvard’s Class of 2029
The proportion of Black and Hispanic students enrolled in Harvard College’s freshman class dropped in the second year after the Supreme Court overturned race-conscious undergraduate admissions, according to data released by Harvard on Thursday.
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