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Alternative Strategies to Support a Diverse Student Body: Affirmative Action at Risk. Issue Brief
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Hill, Catharine Bond; Kurzweil, Martin; Tobin, Eugene – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
With a decision pending in two lawsuits challenging race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), many observers are predicting that the US Supreme Court will significantly limit, if not completely prohibit, the use of race in college and university admissions. However if the United…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Race, College Admission, Prediction
Past Discrimination and Diversity: A Historical Context for Understanding Race and Affirmative Action
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Anderson, James D. – Journal of Negro Education, 2007
This article examines the specific historical experiences of minority students at the University of Michigan from 1970 to the late 1990s, in order to provide a context for understanding and appreciating the ways in which affirmative action remedies should address patterns of past discrimination.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Affirmative Action, Minority Groups, Racial Discrimination
Formulating Recruitment and Retention Policies at the University of Delaware: From Affirmative Action to Diversity in Financial Aid and Admissions
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Burton, Johnie A., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In 2003, the United States Supreme Court decided on two cases that involved affirmative action policies for admission to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Law School and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Those cases, "Gratz v. Bollinger" (2003) and "Grutter v. Bollinger" (2003) had implications for the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Law Schools, Position Papers, Affirmative Action