Reuters
Harvard’s Black enrollment dips after US Supreme Court bars affirmative action
The percentage of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class dropped by more than a fifth following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred colleges from using race as a factor in admissions, according to data released by the school on Wednesday. The Class of 2028 is 14% Black, compared with 18% last year, Harvard said, while the share of Hispanic students ticked up slightly from 14% to 16%. Harvard, one of the world’s most elite universities, was one of two defendants in the 2023 Supreme Court case, along with the University of North Carolina.