When the Supreme Court ruled against the legality of racial preferences in college admissions, many people forecast that officials would find ways to evade it. That appears to be the case.

In today’s Martin Center article, T. J. Harker looks at a number of our prestigious universities and sees resistance to the Court’s decision.

He writes:

Fifteen months after the Supreme Court ruled in SFFA’s favor, the organization found itself sending letters to several elite universities. In these missives, SFFA alleged that Duke, Yale, and Princeton continue to violate the law, the Supreme Court notwithstanding. Take, for example, the organization’s letter to Duke:

Your college just reported its admissions data for the Class of 2028—the first class admitted after [the Supreme Court’s ruling]. Compared to the Class of 2027 (when you explicitly gave racial preferences to African Americans and Hispanics), you now have fewer Asian Americans. Your Class of 2028 is 29% Asian American, a decrease of 6 percentage points.

Are there any legitimate explanations for what appear to be illegal practices? Harker considers several and finds them wanting.

Read the whole thing.