From the New York Times, I'm Katchen Benholt, and this is the Daily.

The Supreme Court's decision to ban affirmative action last summer was expected to drastically change the demographics of college campuses around the country.

Now, we are starting to understand the extent of that change.

Today, my colleague David Leonard explains.

It's Friday,

Friday, September 6th.

David, welcome back to the show.

Thank you, Kontrin.

So in the past few weeks, elite colleges around the US

have started to release their enrollment numbers

for this academic year, which is the first academic year since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action.

It's a moment you and a lot of other people have been eagerly awaiting because we're all curious

what the effects of this decision will actually be.

So what have you seen so far? what the effects of this decision will actually be.

So what have you seen so far?

It's been fascinating.

So as you said, this is the first year of students

who are coming after the Supreme Court decision in 2023

that said colleges cannot continue to use

the kind of race-based affirmative action

that they used before.

And really what that meant is that students

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