Armed with a conservative supermajority, the Supreme Court this fall may declare that the use of affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional after it hears two cases, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina..

A ban against race and ethnicity considerations has the potential to reshape recruitment strategies beyond campuses and into the corporate world, experts say. However, little might change for elite universities, which can pursue legal loopholes to effect affirmative action by other means.