Affirmative action decision to have little effect on Texas universities

College admissions across the country no longer will be able to consider the race of applicants. On Thursday, a 6-3 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended the practice known as affirmative action.

The decision comes after two lawsuits were filed by Students for Fair Admissions -- one against Harvard, and the other against the University of North Carolina. In both cases, the group accu…