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Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 2003
On March 28, 2003 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a report titled "Race-Neutral Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative Approaches to Diversity." The purpose of this report is to describe a number of race-neutral approaches that postsecondary institutions across the United States are using. This staff assessment by the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Class Rank, College Admission
Peer reviewedHelms, Lelia B.; Anderson, Mary Ann; Theis, Saundra – Journal of Professional Nursing, 1998
As affirmative-action programs undergo legal scrutiny, nursing education is challenged to develop policies to broaden participation without reliance on racial categories. The benefits of diversifying the nursing work force need not be discarded in response to judicial and political actions. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Diversity (Student), Equal Education
Bloom, Judith Ilene – Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 1975
Three U.S. Supreme Court rulings on minority preference cases are analyzed with reference to the question of the constitutionality of minority preferential admissions. It is concluded that the Court's unpredictability casts doubt on the validity of minority preference and that special consideration should be given in a racially neutral manner. (JT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Equal Protection, Higher Education
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1978
In this transcript of a radio program about the Bakke case, a news team covers the following topics: (1) Vernon Jordan's admonitions to use restraint in assessing the implications of Bakke; (2) blacks' suspicions about affirmative action; (3) Robert McKay's thoughts on the meaning of Bakke; (4) McGeorge Bundy's thoughts on the Harvard Admissions…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Black Attitudes
Peer reviewedHusen, Torsten – Higher Education, 1976
The changing concept of higher education is addressed, including the idea of "equalization incompatibilities." The question is raised whether in a mass system of higher education one would have to consider a dual admissions procedure to preserve the academic core system; i.e., graduate studies and research. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedTribe, Laurence H. – Harvard Law Review, 1979
The "Bakke" case is examined for what it has to say regarding first the area of equal protection, then the idea of procedural fairness as distinct from accuracy of result, and finally the notion of structural justice. Available from Harvard Law Review, Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; sc…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Due Process, Equal Protection
Russo, Charles J.; Mawdsley, Ralph D. – School Business Affairs, 2003
Reviews pertinent Supreme Court affirmative action cases since "Bakke" and several lower federal court cases, including "Gratz v. Bollinger" and "Grutter v. Bollinger," two University of Michigan affirmative action cases. Discusses how the Supreme Court will likely rule in "Gratz" and "Grutter."…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedSt. John, Edward P.; Simmons, Ada B.; Musoba, Glenda Droogsma – Thought & Action, 2002
Joins the college access debate with an original proposal for fairness in college admissions. Tests an alternative method of college admissions, the "merit-aware model" proposed by William Goggin. First reconsiders the issue of racial preferences, then describes the merit-aware approach. Concludes with a few lessons that can inform admission…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission
Direct linkLa Noue, George R. – Academic Questions, 2003
Given the overwhelming popular appeal of merit-based college admissions, George La Noue advocates a new transparency in how colleges and universities select their students. He has some suggestions about how colleges might comply with court-mandated requirements for case-by-case evaluations. He also provides hints from which NAS members might…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2007
On June 16, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on affirmative action in American law schools. The panel convened to debate the empirical strength of the research on the effects of racial preferences in law school admissions and the legal and policy implications of the American Bar Association's…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Civil Rights, Law Schools, Affirmative Action
Weaver, Warren – Compact, 1974
Discusses the effects of the recent United States Supreme Court case dealing with special criteria for admitting minority applicants to schools. (JF)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation
Fort, Vance – Cross Reference: A Journal of Public Policy and Multicultural Education, 1978
Disadvantaged White Americans should be actively and sincerely encouraged in their present pursuit of postgraduate and professional education by the adoption of admission procedures which take into account the various indices of social and economic disadvantage through which they have had to labor. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation
Reardan, Nancy B. – Crisis, 1977
Recently the Supreme Court has emphasized that discriminatory intent must be proven before there can be a finding of a violation of the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. The purpose of affirmative action and preferential admission policies is not to discriminate against white males, but to eradicate the perpetuation of historical…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Constitutional Law, History
Peer reviewedKimball, Bruce A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1978
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Constitutional Law
Young, D. Parker – NOLPE School Law Journal, 1976
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Constitutional Law
