"Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling Sparks Controversy and Rewrites American Society"
The recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action will not impact public colleges and universities in California due to Proposition 209, which banned admission preferences based on race and gender in public institutions. However, private universities like the University of the Pacific will now have to ban affirmative action, potentially leading to a drop in racial minority enrollment. Concerns are rising among school leaders and minority groups about limited access to higher education and the impact on diversity. While private institutions receiving federal money must abide by the ban, rejecting federal funding would exempt them from the affirmative action rule.