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Haslerig, Siduri; Bernhard, Laura M.; Fuentes, Marcia V.; Panter, A. T.; Daye, Charles E.; Allen, Walter R. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2013
The use of affirmative action admissions practices in U.S. colleges and universities has been a source of contentious public debate and legal battles since the policy's inception in the 1960s. The legal challenges to race-conscious admissions will continue for the foreseeable future, including renewed court scrutiny on specific universities'…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Law Students, Classroom Environment, Qualitative Research
Weinberger, Harold; Schepard, Andrew – Wests's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Reviews a case that vindicates the principle of judicial noninterference in academic evaluation of students. Describes the strategy of the lawyers who represented the academic institution. Discusses alternative approaches for serving the competing values at stake in grading decisions. (52 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Environment, Court Litigation, Grading