As the Supreme Court takes up the future of race as a factor in college admissions, both sides of the debate over affirmative action weigh in on value of the policy.

The Supreme Court on Monday takes up the use of race in college admissions in cases challenging affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

The Supreme Court will begin hearing two cases reconsidering the role race has in college admissions, including cases against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The DOJ pushed back, in part, on a report that the department is working on a new policy to investigate allegations of discrimination against white students.