U.S. High Court Upholds Affirmative Action in Public Universities

Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesThe US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that race and ethnicity can be taken into account when deciding college admissions, upholding a contested affirmative action scheme at the University of Texas. The long-running case was brought by a white woman named Abigail Fisher, who claimed she was denied a spot at the university's Austin campus because of her ethnicity.