WEIGHING IN ON THE SUPREME COURT

From: Academe | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Krebs, Paula M | Copyright information

In this issue, Robert O'Neil, from the University of Virginia's Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, gives us the context to understand the summer's Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action in education. The rulings did not directly concern higher education but, as O'Neil explains, they will have far-reaching effects for college and graduate admissions and enrollments. You'll want to read this article and share it with your colleagues.

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