"Although opposition to colleges' affirmative-action policies runs highest in the white population, a new study suggests that it is Asian Americans - not whites - whose chances of gaining admission to a selective university surges after an institution is precluded from considering applicants' ethnicity or race," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "One of the study's authors, David R. Colburn, a professor of history and former provost at the University of Florida, said in an interview on Tuesday that the study shows 'Asian Americans were discriminated against under an affirmative-action system.' Meanwhile, a report on the study's findings says, white enrollments, as a share of the student body, actually declined slightly at the universities examined. Black students' share of enrollment at such institutions generally dropped - sometimes substantially - while the picture for Hispanic students was mixed, the researchers found."