How upcoming Supreme Court higher education rulings could impact Maryland

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule in the next month on watershed cases that could alter the future of college admissions and the fate of Democratic President Joe Biden’s signature plan to forgive student loans. Decisions are expected in June or early July before the court takes a summer recess. Legal experts believe affirmative action is at risk after the high court’s conservative majority expressed serious doubts about the necessity of the practice during oral arguments this fall.