A recent federal court decision upholding the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill’s use of race in admissions is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was brought against UNC–Chapel Hill in November 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), which describes itself as a “group of more than 20,000 students, parents, and others who believe that racial classifications and preferences in college admissions are unfair, unnecessary, and unconstitutional.” The SFFA hopes that the high court will combine the UNC case with its earlier appeal challenging Harvard University’s allegedly discriminatory admissions policies. “If the Supreme Court decides, as it should, to reconsider racial preferences in college admissions, it should consider that question in the context of both a private school and a public school,” Edward Blum, president and found of SFFA, said in a statement. In the UNC case, the SFFA alleged that the public university …