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Race and College Admissions

A federal judge in Michigan has upheld a policy at the University of Michigan that allows the use of race in considering applications for undergraduate admissions. The ruling is one of several around the country in recent years -- including one in Washington State last week -- that may set the stage for the U.S. Supreme Court to once again take up the issue of affirmative action at colleges and universities. NPR's Anne Hawke reports.

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