New College Diversity Laws: Banning Racial Exclusion?
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| Title: | New College Diversity Laws: Banning Racial Exclusion? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Adam, Michelle |
| Source: | Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review. Nov 2006 72(3):31-36. |
| Availability: | Prakken Publications. 832 Phoenix Drive, P.O. Box 8623, Ann Arbor, MI 48108. Tel: 734-975-2800; Fax: 734-975-2787; Web site: http://www.eddigest.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Race, Higher Education, Universities, Court Litigation, Affirmative Action, Disproportionate Representation, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, Access to Education, Student Financial Aid, Human Capital, Racial Discrimination |
| Geographic Terms: | Illinois, Michigan |
| ISSN: | 0013-127X |
| Abstract: | Race-exclusive programs of American universities and colleges, created initially to level the playing fields for under-represented students in higher education, are now considered discriminatory and illegal. The concerns levied against higher education institutions have been in response to two 2003 U.S. Supreme Court cases on race and admission at the University of Michigan. Although the cases did not ban using race in admissions to higher education, they left the law unclear. As a consequence, not only are groups and the Department of Justice interpreting the law in a manner that views many race-exclusive programs as illegal and putting pressure on schools to open their programs to all; legal departments within universities nationwide have preemptively advocated changing their race-exclusive programs to avoid lawsuits down the road. In the meantime, the country will need to keep any eye on the numbers to judge the growth (or lack thereof) of minority representation in higher education. Only time will tell whether universities and colleges can find a new way to ensure diverse representation despite changes in the means of getting there. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Access URL: | https://www.eddigest.com/index.php |
| Accession Number: | EJ769363 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Race-exclusive programs of American universities and colleges, created initially to level the playing fields for under-represented students in higher education, are now considered discriminatory and illegal. The concerns levied against higher education institutions have been in response to two 2003 U.S. Supreme Court cases on race and admission at the University of Michigan. Although the cases did not ban using race in admissions to higher education, they left the law unclear. As a consequence, not only are groups and the Department of Justice interpreting the law in a manner that views many race-exclusive programs as illegal and putting pressure on schools to open their programs to all; legal departments within universities nationwide have preemptively advocated changing their race-exclusive programs to avoid lawsuits down the road. In the meantime, the country will need to keep any eye on the numbers to judge the growth (or lack thereof) of minority representation in higher education. Only time will tell whether universities and colleges can find a new way to ensure diverse representation despite changes in the means of getting there. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-127X |
