Sentences with phrase «factors in the admission decision»

Which interpretation prevails will continue to determine the extent to which public colleges can use race as a factor in admissions decisions, as well as the scope of school districts» efforts to create more integrated schools and classrooms.

The 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of racial quotas at the University of Michigan — but approving the use of race as one of many factors in admissions decisions — has had little impact on magnet schools, mainly because most had already abandoned the use of quotas.

Diversity Challenged, edited by noted researcher Gary Orfield, forecasts that affirmative action's legal and political future may turn on a single question — whether or not the educational value of diversity is sufficiently compelling to justify consideration of race as a factor in admissions decisions at colleges and universities.

We recognize that when a scholar is applying for college, high school performance will be one of the main factors in the admission decision.

Not exact matches

A case last year ended with the court ruling that race can be one among many factors universities use in making admission decisions, CNN said.

Fortunately, the Supreme Court did not eliminate the use of race as a factor in the University of Michigan Law School admissions process (see the full text of the court's decision here).

The undergraduate plan used a numerical formula for considering race in admissions decisions, while the law school policy considered race as an undefined factor among many criteria.

High school seniors applying to California's public colleges for next fall are waiting to find out if race and gender will be factors in admissions and financial - aid decisions.

Control over admissions may well have been a factor but we don't have to guess whether bureaucratic burdens and testing requirements played a major part in the decision by private schools in FL and LA not to participate.

These schools either look at other factors for admission decisions (such as GPA, interviews, recommendation) or do not emphasize a student's standardized test score in admission decisions.

In a historic decision, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court upheld the use of race as one factor among many that may be taken into account by the University of Texas in its admissions policy.In a historic decision, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court upheld the use of race as one factor among many that may be taken into account by the University of Texas in its admissions policy.in its admissions policy...

While certainly the traditional factors will still play dominant roles in admissions decisions, no longer can students place damaging material online