Two years after the Supreme Court ruled to abolish affirmative action in higher education admissions, Black enrollment at selective universities is down, Asian American enrollment is up and the implications of the decision are becoming clearer.

An analysis by The Associated Press of 20 elite schools shows the drastic effect the 2023 high court decision had on enrollment, with some institutions seeing their Black student population drop to as low as 2 percent.

While everyone agrees the 6-3 Supreme Court decision is the cause, debate swirls around how schools can get the numbers back up and how the Trump administration would respond to a concerted effort to do so.

“The recent decline in Black student enrollment at elite institutions is not accident,” said Madison Weiss, senior analyst for Higher Education Policy at the Center for American Progress. “It reflects the very predictable and deeply troubling consequences of dismantling one of our nation's most effective tools for equity.”

The biggest decrease the AP found was at Columbia University, which went........

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