The U-S Supreme Court upheld the use of race in college admissions in June 2003, but questions linger on how to implement the Supreme Court ruling and solve inequalities in the education system. Experts say the drop in minority applications has little to do with last year\'s battle - there simply aren\'t enough minority students. The number of highly qualified, African American students coming out of public schools across the country is small and shrinking. All the top universities in the country are competing for those students.