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Post the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling barring race as a factor in higher-education admissions, prestigious U.S. colleges report significant drop in Black student admissions. Columbia University’s Black student share fell from 20% to 12%, Amherst College from 11% to 3%, and MIT from 15% to 5%. Asian American representation increased at Columbia and Brown University, remained constant at Harvard, and declined at Yale. The ruling has led to increased applications to historically Black colleges and universities. The changes have sparked fears of adverse effects on various sectors in the country. The impact on white students remains unclear. The ruling has also led to colleges second-guessing admissions and rolling back recruitment efforts due to fear of lawsuits.