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Direct linkThernstrom, Abigail – Academic Questions, 2003
On 23 June 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two rulings on the constitutionality of race preferences in university admissions. The cases in question both involved the University of Michigan and were designated Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger. The Michigan rulings were a stunning triumph for race preferences, from…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Constitutional Law, Race, Affirmative Action
Wood, Thomas E. – Academic Questions, 2003
Elite universities will be returning to court to clarify the murky ruling in "Grutter v. Bollinger". Thomas E. Wood predicts that judges will again have to pass judgment on the constitutionality of dubious scheming by elite universities to achieve their critical mass of black students legitimately--without resort to tacit quotas and…
Descriptors: Judges, Race, Court Litigation, Selective Admission
