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Cross, Theodore; Slater, Robert Bruce – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1995
Discusses the increasing presence of Asians in higher education, their domination of the very top of Scholastic Aptitude Test ranks, and why these circumstances may cause racial conservatives to rethink advocating race-blind college admissions. Asian dominance in admissions at the most prestigious universities in the United States and how some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Asian Americans
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Spratlen, Thaddeus H. – Journal of Negro Education, 1979
Focuses upon (1) the largely negative implications of the Bakke decision with respect to educational and professional opportunities for Blacks, and (2) the continuing need for affirmative action in higher education, especially graduate and professional programs. The Bakke case and issues involved in selective admissions policies are briefly…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Blacks, Educational Opportunities
Sugrue, Thomas; Foner, Eric; Camarillo, Albert; Gurin, Patricia; Bowen, William; Steele, Claude; Bok, Derek; Syverud, Kent; Webster, Robert B. – 1999
The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) represented three white applicants who brought the two lawsuits, "Gratz, et al., v Bollinger, et al., No. 97-75231 (E.D.Mich.)" and "Grutter, et al. v. Bollinger, et al., No. 97-75928 (E.D. Mich.)," against the University of Michigan. These lawsuits challenge as unlawful the University of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Blacks, Court Litigation
Synnott, Marcia Graham – 1979
The origins, history, and final demise of discriminatory admissions policies at Harvard, Princeton and Yale are examined. It is reported that by the early 1920's the Big Three racial and religious quotas were fully operative in response to the influx of Jews, Catholics, and other new groups that threatened the hegemony of the old-stock Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action