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Direct linkKaufman, Michael J. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
In "Badges and Incidents," Michael J. Kaufman undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of American education law and pedagogy. By weaving together the invaluable insights of law, education, history, political science, economics, psychology, and neuroscience, this book illuminates the ways in which the design of the American…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Equal Education, School Law
Smith, Wilson, Ed.; Bender, Thomas, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
This long-awaited sequel to Richard Hofstadter and Wilson Smith's classic anthology "American Higher Education: A Documentary History" presents one hundred and seventy-two key edited documents that record the transformation of higher education over the past sixty years. The volume includes such seminal documents as Vannevar Bush's 1945…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
Peer reviewedHornby, D. Brock – Liberal Education, 1975
Two legal problems highlighted by the DeFunis litigation are: (1) the proper role of race in undergraduate admissions; and (2) the procedure of underground graduate admissions. (Author/KE)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Court Litigation, Enrollment
Peer reviewedPorter, John W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
During the past three decades minorities have benefited from educational reforms. Current concerns with educational excellence conflict with equality of educational opportunity. The author believes there need not be incompatibility in the pursuit of excellence as it relates to quality or equality. (MD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedHarvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979
The Bakke case is the most recent of many cases in which the Supreme Court has assessed the impact of the Brown decision that racial discrimination in education is unconstitutional. The Bakke decision has established that race is a factor which may constitutionally be considered in university admissions under certain circumstances. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Desegregation Litigation, Equal Education
Peer reviewedButler, Grace L. – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Reviews the legal and policy issues, as well as sociohistorical developments, in higher education since Brown v Board of Education. The author's conclusions focus on the need to increase the nations' commitment toward strengthening historically black institutions of higher education and maintaining their continuing vitality as a source for…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Colleges, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedGreen, Robert L. – Negro Educational Review, 1979
The author discusses the effects of the Brown decision in terms of the following: his personal experiences, the status of Black colleges, the meaning of equality in education, and areas of concern for the future. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Black Colleges, Blacks
