Abigail Fisher made a second trip to the Supreme Court of the United States this term, in her challenge to the University of Texas at Austin’s race-conscious admissions program. In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled 7-1 in her favor, finding that the lower courts were too deferential to school officials. But this time around, four justices found that deference “must be given” when school officials give a “reasoned, principled explanation” for why they must discriminate against some applicants in favor of certain preferred minority applicants. Now that Fisher has reached the end of the road, what happens next with racial preferences in college admissions?

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