Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC  —  The ruling is the culmination of a decades-long effort to end the consideration of race in admissions.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.

Supreme Court rejects affirmative action at colleges as unconstitutional  — The Supreme Court ruled that the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which gave weight to a would-be student's race, are unconstitutional.

Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions  —  The Supreme Court says colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission, a landmark decision overturning long-standing precedent that has benefited Black and Latino students in higher education.