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Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The author reports on the ruling of a divided appellate court that held that the state law unconstitutionally made it harder for minorities to seek preferences than for other groups. The court struck down a voter-passed ban on the use of race-conscious admissions by Michigan's public colleges, holding that the measure had unconstitutionally put…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law, State Legislation
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Efthim, Helen – Urban Review, 1975
Discusses the Pontiac, Michigan public schools, which have been desegregated by federal court order since September 1971, noting that since the court order requires classroom, faculty, and administrative ratios to reflect the community, policy formation has been shared to some extent, and many more opportunities to make equal status contacts among…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Federal Courts
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Grant, William R. – Urban Review, 1975
Discusses the social and legal implications of the situation in which Detroit has been placed by the Supreme Court decision that lower federal courts could not involve white suburbs in the integration of urban schools, noting that the city is still required to make changes in its public schools in order to overcome racial discrimination. (JM)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Federal Courts
Keith, Damon J. – Integrated Educ, 1970
Excerpts from the ruling made on February 17, 1970 by United States District Judge Damon J. Keith in the Pontiac, Michigan school segregation case. (JM)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Court Litigation, De Jure Segregation, Desegregation Litigation
Addonizio, Michael F.; And Others – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
In July 1993, the Michigan legislature did away with the local property tax as a source of operating revenue for the public schools. Analyzes the implications of Michigan's school finance and education reform for fiscal equity, with particular emphasis on constitutional guarantees, equal protection of the laws, and educational quality. (112…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Center for Law and Education. – 1974
The contents of this volume published by the Center for Law and Education, which was established to protect and advance the legal interests of the poor through research and action on the legal implications of educational policies, include the following articles: "Introduction" and "Sexism in Public Education: Litigation…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities
Canady, Hortense G. – 1976
The contents of this paper are organized into four sections. The first or introductory section discusses the pattern of containment of the black population in Lansing, its effect on neighborhood schools, the history and policies of the Lansing Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the goals of the…
Descriptors: Black Organizations, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Cooperation