Students for Fair Admissions challenged the admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, arguing that their consideration of race violated the Equal Protection Clause. The Court held that the programs lacked sufficiently measurable objectives, used race as a negative factor, operated without a meaningful endpoint, and could not be reconciled with equal protection. The decision did not forbid universities from considering an applicant's individual experiences, including experiences related to race, when evaluating the applicant as an individual. The Court reversed the judgments upholding the challenged programs.