The first reaction to Thursdayâ??s U.S. Supreme Court ruling for many officials at colleges that practice affirmative action was relief. The ruling, as expected, rejected programs under which schoolchildren in Louisville and Seattle have been assigned to schools based on race. While the case didnâ??t involve college affirmative action, many of the legal briefs in the case cited Grutter v. Bollinger, the Supreme Courtâ??s landmark 2003 ruling involving the University of Michiganâ??s law school, which upheld the right of colleges in some circumstances to consider race in admissions.
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