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Affirmative Action Program Upheld In Supreme Court Decision

The Supreme Court Thursday ruled in favor of the University of Texas, upholding the school's affirmative action program.

Abigail Fisher, who is white, was not accepted into the school in 2008 and has since argued that she was discriminated against based on her race.

This week on Noon Edition we spoke to local experts about the case, and what it means for affirmative action programs in Indiana and around the country.

Join the conversation. Call us at 812-855-0811 or reach us on Twitter, @NoonEdition.

Noon Edition airs every Friday at 12 p.m.

Guests:

Steve Sanders, Steve Sanders, Associate Professor of Law at Maurer School of Law

Kevin Brown, Professor of Law at Maurer School of Law

David Johnson, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at Indiana University

David Orentlicher, Professor of Law at Robert H. McKinney School of Law

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