Racial Preferences in Higher Education: Political Responsibility and the Judicial Role.

Sandalow, Terrance

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Racial Preferences in Higher Education: Political Responsibility and the Judicial Role

Sandalow, Terrance

University of Chicago Law Review, 42, 4, 653-703, Sum 75

It is suggested that the question posed by DeFunis v. Odegaard and like cases is not whether preferential admissions policies are within the competence of a legislature, but whether they are valid when adopted by a university without explicit legislative sanction. Available from: University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th St., Chicago, Ill. 60637. (LBH)

Descriptors: Admission (School), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Equal Protection, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, Legislation, Political Issues, Racial Discrimination, School Responsibility

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