Sentences with phrase «race in admissions»

Such concerns notwithstanding, a majority of the court found the public benefits generated by race - conscious policies sufficiently compelling to allow continued use of race in admissions.
To consider race in admissions, however, institutions must prove to courts that race - neutral alternatives — such as relying on socioeconomic status or where students live — will not work.
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.
Last June, the high court upheld the consideration of race in admissions as long as applicants were given individualized consideration and institutions did not rely on race - based point systems.
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.
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.
But he predicts that the Court will find a way to distinguish Grutter, which allowed the narrow use of race in admissions at the University of Michigan Law School.
I also conclude, for the reasons stated in the following opinion, that the portion of the court's judgment enjoining petitioner from according any consideration to race in its admissions process must be reversed.
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.
The decision was tailored to accommodate universities» use of race in admission decisions, while limiting the impact outside of higher education.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Harvard University's use of race in admissions and has concluded the school is not following federal law on the matter.
We summarize a body of work documenting that when institutions can not consider race in admissions — as has been the case in states that have banned affirmative action via ballot measures or other policies — racial and ethnic diversity has declined across various educational sectors, not just at selective undergraduate institutions, but in the professional fields of law, business, and medicine, as well as other graduate disciplines.
In the District, the selective public School Without Walls also does not consider race in admissions.
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