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R. Lawrence Purdy – Academic Questions, 2023
In "Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ("SFFA")," the United States Supreme Court revisited an issue that had been litigated before it twenty years earlier. In two separate cases brought against the University of Michigan, the issue was whether it was a violation of the Constitution…
Descriptors: Military Schools, Racial Discrimination, Racial Factors, Court Litigation
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Walden, John C. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1988
Litigation concerning Alabama's vestiges of a racially dual system of higher education has advanced to an appeal by the plaintiffs to the United States Supreme Court alleging that the decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals establishes a dual standard for black judges and white judges hearing desegregation cases. (MLF)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Segregation, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
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Stokes, Jerome W. D.; Pachman, Matthew B. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Explores the issue of whether minority scholarships are illegal under federal statutes or the Constitution. Concludes that, according to Title VI and Supreme Court decisions, minority scholarships would be legal when offered by private schools and by public schools that could meet the court's requirements. (112 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
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First, Patricia F.; Hart, Yolanda, Y. – Journal of Law & Education, 2002
Argues that educational justice requires that schools and educators take affirmative action to apply the principles of federal and state constitutional provisions, statutes, and cases to cyberspace (Internet) access. Describes demographics of "digital divide." Analyzes developing law of cyberspace and addresses its implications for law,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Computers, Constitutional Law