"It's really hard to pull out what one policy shift is affecting all of these enrollment shifts," said Katharine Meyer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank. "The unsatisfying answer is that it's hard to know which one is having the bigger impact."
Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education.
The population of Black students dropped nearly 3 percentage points, to 7.8%, compared with the UNC class before it. Hispanic student enrollment fell from 10.8% to 10.1%, while the incoming Native American population slid half a percentage point to 1.1%, according to the university.
Experts and colleges say it will take years to measure the full impact of last year's ruling that barred consideration of race in admissions.
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