The debate over the use of
race in admission decisions has been wrenching, because it demands a trade - off among three worthwhile goals: race - blindness, academic selectivity, and a semblance of racial diversity on selective campuses.
No longer may lower courts simply defer to the good - faith decisions of colleges regarding the necessity of explicitly considering
race in admissions decisions rather than some proxy for race.
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.
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).
In June of 2003, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the University of Michigan Law School could consider an applicant's race in making admission decisions (1, 2
In June of 2003, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the University of Michigan Law School could consider an applicant's
race in making admission decisions (1, 2
in making
admission decisions (1, 2).
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.
Many are viewing Thursday's Supreme Court affirmation of the Fifth Circuit's
decision to allow University of Texas to consider
race in admissions in the Fisher v. University of Texas case as a victory.
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.
Coming
in the wake of the recent Supreme Court
decision to uphold
race - conscious
admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin — a case
in which Garces authored briefs on behalf of 444 social science researchers — the Schuette case will rule on changes to the
admission system at public postsecondary institutions
in the state of Michigan.
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.
That is, the intent was to «narrow the window»
in which
race can be used
in admissions so much as to render the two previous
decisions in Bakke and Grutter meaningless.
In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Cashin, author of Place, Not
Race, explains how the benefits of race - based admissions decisions are actually outweighed by the social costs, and argues for a return to what she considers the original intent of affirmative action policies: helping people — no matter their race — who have been systemically locked out of opportun
Race, explains how the benefits of
race - based admissions decisions are actually outweighed by the social costs, and argues for a return to what she considers the original intent of affirmative action policies: helping people — no matter their race — who have been systemically locked out of opportun
race - based
admissions decisions are actually outweighed by the social costs, and argues for a return to what she considers the original intent of affirmative action policies: helping people — no matter their
race — who have been systemically locked out of opportun
race — who have been systemically locked out of opportunity.
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.
The Supreme Court may have ruled
in Fisher v. University of Texas to uphold affirmative action
in college
admissions — but that
decision won't signal the end of campus conversations about
race and diversity.
In the University of California's first major admissions - policy decision since its board of regents voted in 1995 to end race - based admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students in every graduating high school class in the stat
In the University of California's first major
admissions - policy
decision since its board of regents voted
in 1995 to end race - based admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students in every graduating high school class in the stat
in 1995 to end
race - based
admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students
in every graduating high school class in the stat
in every graduating high school class
in the stat
in the state.
The footnote had originally represented the city's understanding of a Supreme Court
decision precluding the use of
race in school
admissions decisions.
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a lower court
decision upholding how the University considers
race in admissions on grounds that it didn't meet the «strict scrutiny» test for using
race.
In the original Brown decision, as well as a more recent case involving race and admissions to universities, a majority of the Court argued that considering race in school assignment constitutional partly because racial integration is an important part of the learning environmen
In the original Brown
decision, as well as a more recent case involving
race and
admissions to universities, a majority of the Court argued that considering
race in school assignment constitutional partly because racial integration is an important part of the learning environmen
in school assignment constitutional partly because racial integration is an important part of the learning environment.
In a 6 - 2 decision today in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (companion case Schuette v. Cantrell), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling and upheld a Michigan voter initiative that bans the practice of race - conscious admissions to the state's public universitie
In a 6 - 2
decision today
in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (companion case Schuette v. Cantrell), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling and upheld a Michigan voter initiative that bans the practice of race - conscious admissions to the state's public universitie
in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (companion case Schuette v. Cantrell), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling and upheld a Michigan voter initiative that bans the practice of
race - conscious
admissions to the state's public universities.
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...