December 2, 2015 6:03 PM

UT admissions policy back before U.S. Supreme Court next week

Texas is notably absent from the briefs, although California is overwhelmingly present, from state leaders to law school faculty to university student leaders.

The return of Fisher v University of Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court next week brings with it staunch support for UT’s so-called “race conscious” admissions policy from groups like Ivy League universities, the American Bar Association, National Association of Basketball Coaches and the ACLU of Texas.

You can see the dozens of briefs here.

Oral arguments on the case are scheduled for Dec. 9, its second time before the court. Back in 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the Fisher case back to the 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals to consider what some in higher education circles might call the Holy Grail: the appropriate tension between racial preference and equal access in university admission policies.

By Kimberly Reeves