This practice went unchallenged until 1978 when the Supreme Court ruled that,although rigid racial quotas were unconstitutional,universities could take race into account since there was a

• 这种做法直到1978年时才受到质疑，因为这一年最高法院裁定，在录取新生时，虽然规定严格的种族配额不符合宪法，但是大学校园仍可以考虑种族因素，因为在美国大学对促使校园中能有多种民族有极大的兴趣。