BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Earlier this week, the Trump administration rescinded 24 guideline documents from the previous administration, including ones directing universities to consider race in its admission standards.

"The immediate reaction is concern, thinking that the guidelines from the federal government would have some impact on the decisions that colleges and universities make about admission," University at Buffalo college access expert Nathan Daun-Barnett said.

Daun-Barnett does not think there will be much of an impact on colleges, at least for now.

"It didn't really change much because the Supreme Court decisions were really the prevailing guidelines for enforcement of affirmative action anyways," he said.

Daun-Barnett said colleges and universities have already shaped their practices around past Supreme Court decisions, like Fisher v. the University of Texas, which determined race-conscious admissions programs were lawful. However, he does think the administration's actions could foreshadow the federal government's attitude regarding affirmative action down the road.

"What it does is it signals to the colleges and universities that the Trump administration may be open to different sorts of challenges to the law but in any case, if they were going to challenge it, it would have to go through the Supreme Court," he said.

Thursday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the State and City University of New York systems not only to maintain their current inclusion policies but to review and find ways to expand them over the next month.

"This diversity broadens understanding and breaks down barriers and stereotypes, and it ensures all New Yorkers have the opportunity to succeed," Cuomo wrote.

Daun-Barnet said there have been about a half-dozen Supreme Court challenges connected to affirmative action over the last two decades and he expects more, just not until after the pending vacancy is filled.