Imagine your university wished to increase racial diversity among the student body.Which of the following policies best reflects the current constitutional status of affirmative action policies according to Supreme Court rulings?
A) Your university may reserve 10 percent of new admissions for racial minorities.
B) Your university scores new applicants on a 100-point scale, and racial minorities automatically receive 15 points.
C) Race cannot be used as a factor in admissions decisions, even to promote diversity.
D) Your university may consider race as a factor in admissions decisions as part of a holistic review of each new applicant's file but may not use quotas or automatically award extra points to racial minorities.
E) Your university may throw out the applications of all new applicants if not enough qualified racial minorities apply.
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