Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded in 2014 by conservative activist
Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging
affirmative action admissions policies at schools.[1][2] Blum is also the founder of
Project on Fair Representation, with a goal to end racial classifications in education, voting procedures, legislative redistricting, and employment.[3][4]
SFFA has been described by its opponents as an anti-
affirmative action group that objects to the use of race as one of the factors in college admissions.[5]
Unlike the
Fisher case, in which the plaintiff,
Abigail Fisher, made herself public, the students rejected by Harvard and UNC have not revealed their identities because they want to shield themselves from potential retaliation.[9]
In September 2023, the SFFA filed a lawsuit challenging the use of race and ethnicity as admissions factors at the
United States Military Academy, as the Supreme Court exempted military academies from its ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. In February 2024, the organization's case against
West Point Academy for considering race in admissions was denied
certiorari upon appeal to the Supreme Court after losses in local courts.[15]