| Crs Report for Congress: Affirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education: Legal Developments: July 16, 2007 - Rl30410 Contributor(s): Feder, Jody (Author), Congressional Research Service the Libr (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1295025418 ISBN-13: 9781295025411 Publisher: Bibliogov OUR PRICE: $14.18 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.18 lbs) 36 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Nearly a quarter century after the Supreme Court ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the diversity rationale for affirmative action in public education remains a topic of political and legal controversy. Many colleges and universities have implemented affirmative action policies not only to remedy past discrimination, but also to achieve a racially and ethnically diverse student body or faculty. Justice Powell, in his opinion for the Bakke Court, stated that the attainment of a diverse student body is "a constitutionally permissible goal for an institution of higher education," noting that " t]he atmosphere of speculation, experiment, and creation' so essential to the quality of higher education is widely believed to be promoted by a diverse student body." In recent years, however, federal courts began to question the Powell rationale, unsettling expectations about the constitutionality of diversity-based affirmative action in educational admissions and faculty hiring. After a series of conflicting lower court rulings were issued regarding the use of race to promote a diverse student body, the Supreme Court agreed to review the race-conscious admissions policies used by the undergraduate and law school admissions programs at the University of Michigan. In Grutter v. Bollinger, a 5 to 4 ... |