Black Enrollment Falls at Elite Colleges

Black enrollment at many elite colleges has slipped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action, an Associated Press review of 20 selective campuses found. Only Smith College rose; Tulane held flat; at Caltech and Bates, Black freshmen make up about 2%. Harvard fell from 18% in 2023 to 11.5% this fall, and Princeton dropped from 9% to 5%, alarming students who describe shrinking communities. Colleges cite application fluctuations, while the Trump administration intensifies oversight and demands admissions data, amid scattered Hispanic decreases and mixed trends for white and Asian American students.