How North Carolina Students View the Lawsuit Threatening Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Coalition student activists Avery Hobgood (L), Sarah Zhang (C) and Christina Huang (R) advocate for race-conscious admissions to colleges on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 27, 2023.

Ahead of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on a pair of affirmative action cases this spring, students at the University of North Carolina are divided on the issue of affirmative action — the practice of factoring race in admissions to boost minority enrollment — and the role it should play in creating a diverse student body, Reuters reports. (April 2023)