{"547751":{"#nid":"547751","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action in Texas Case","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the University of Texas at Austin may consider race and ethnicity when deciding admissions to ensure a diverse student body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia is currently reviewing the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. The Association of American Universities, of which Georgia Tech is a member, released a statement yesterday praising the ruling. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/news\/article.aspx?id=17847\u0022\u003ERead that statement here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about the case from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2016\/06\/24\/supreme-court-upholds-consideration-race-admissions\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInside Higher Ed\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E or the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/15pdf\/14-981_4g15.pdf\u0022\u003Efull ruling from the Supreme Court\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(pdf).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the University of Texas at Austin may consider race and ethnicity when deciding admissions to ensure a diverse student body.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the University of Texas at Austin may consider race and ethnicity when deciding admissions to ensure a diverse student body."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-06-24 10:45:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:00","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"547761":{"id":"547761","type":"image","title":"Supreme Court Seal","body":null,"created":"1466784000","gmt_created":"2016-06-24 16:00:00","changed":"1475895341","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:41","alt":"Supreme Court Seal","file":{"fid":"92462","name":"2000px-seal_of_the_united_states_supreme_court.svg_.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2000px-seal_of_the_united_states_supreme_court.svg_.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2000px-seal_of_the_united_states_supreme_court.svg_.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1243018,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2000px-seal_of_the_united_states_supreme_court.svg_.png?itok=6i5A0meH"}}},"media_ids":["547761"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1838","name":"Admissions"},{"id":"167352","name":"supreme court"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}