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Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Public university officials in Louisiana and Mississippi are treading a narrow line between conflicting directives on affirmative action. In U.S. vs. Louisiana, court orders permit use of affirmative action in admissions for desegregation purposes, but in Hopwood vs. Texas, Louisiana campuses are barred from using affirmative action in admissions…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Desegregation, Court Litigation, Educational Trends
