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Mukherjee, Renu – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2023
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court brought to a close the country's decades-long experiment in affirmative action in a pair of closely watched cases--"Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College" and "Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina"--and overturned the use of racial…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Higher Education, College Admission, Racial Discrimination
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Hyusamen, G. K. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
South Africa's post-apartheid college admission strategies show that initially, applicants may be accepted or rejected solely based on academic merit. If predictors are found to be biased at this stage, they may be statistically adjusted. Subsequently, representation of specific groups may be considered using quotas, but also with consideration…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Bias