There was a slight decline in the numbers of Black students in Harvard University's freshman class, which follows a Supreme Court ruling which struck down affirmative action in higher education. The data released Wednesday showed that 14% of students identified as Black, a drop of 4% from the class before it.
Speaker Mike Johnson calls off a House vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown as the GOP plan hits bipartisan opposition.FILE - Rowers paddle down the Charles River near the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., March 7, 2017.
Data released Wednesday by Harvard showed 14% of incoming students identified as Black, a drop of 4% from the class before it. Latino students made up 16% of the freshman class, an increase of 2% while Asian-American numbers remained the same at 37%. Massachusetts Institute of Technology saw the percentage of Black students drop from 15% to 5% while Amherst College saw a decline from 11% to 3%. At Tufts University, the drop in the share of Black students was closer to Harvard’s data, falling from 7.3% to 4.7%.
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