Sentences with phrase «school affirmative action programs»

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The most remarkable thing about affirmative action is that after twenty years of implementation and debate, it is still impossible to say what it means for an affirmative action program to succeed, or when one has gone too far in discounting the credentials of white school or job applicants.

«Why should my taxes be raised, or my son rejected by a medical school that would have accepted him if not for its affirmative action program?»

Affirmative action programs are being challenged; attitudes toward immigration have taken a restrictionist turn; and many white families seek to place their children in schools with few children of color.

California's ban on affirmative action programs in public education and government agencies has had little impact on school districts since its passage last November in a statewide vote.

The commission, a 37 - member group that meets every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution, has been holding a series of public hearings on the school plan and other proposals, including one to provide constitutional protection for affirmative action programs.

Minority enrollment in the city's three exam schools and preparation programs is also declining, though this appears to be because of a legal mandate to drop affirmative action programs.

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In Grutter v. Bollinger, he assigned the opinion upholding Michigan Law School's affirmative action program to Justice O'Connor whose uncertain vote was critical to the 5 - 4 majority.

But essentially, Bernstein expresses concern over a recent study showing that many minority candidates admitted to elite law schools under aggressive affirmative action programs either fail to graduate or pass the bar, while only 8 percent wind up in the top half of the class.

Last week, I blogged about whether law schools» affirmative action programs set minority law students up for failure.

Perhaps Kirsanow is right that minorities who gain entry to elite law schools through affirmative action programs and think that they will succeed as lawyers are being duped.