Supreme Court is taking up affirmative action in Fisher v. University of Texas . In Fisher -- the case before the Supreme Court -- the University of Texas reintroduced racial preferences in 2004 because , it said , it wanted to achieve racial balancing of minority students in its classes . Richard Sander , Stuart Taylor : Large racial preferences can hurt minority students . They say the court will probably not abolish affirmative action in the case . Writers : The New York Times and Washington Post are reporting that a majority of justices on the high court have said they would uphold race-conscious admissions policies at universities like Harvard or Yale.
Supreme Court is taking up affirmative action in Fisher v. University of Texas . Richard Sander , Stuart Taylor : Large racial preferences can hurt minority students . They say the court will probably not abolish affirmative action in the case . Writers : The New York Times and Washington Post are reporting that a majority of justices on the high court have said they would uphold race-conscious admissions policies at universities like Harvard or Yale.