Updated at 5:10 p.m. ET
The White House is withdrawing Obama-era guidance documents that encouraged schools and colleges to promote diversity through their admissions process.
The departments of Justice and Education announced on Tuesday that they have retracted several letters and memos that advised schools on how they could legally consider race in admissions and other decisions.
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