The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action, and Higher Education From: Academe | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: O'Neil, Robert | Copyright American Association of University Professors Jan/Feb 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Higher education will feel the ripples of the summer's ruling on affirmative action.

The American higher education community found a curious mix of good and bad news in the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last summer, in Parents Involved v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, about the use of race-based policies by public elementary and secondary schools. The good news: "Grutter lives!" Most observere agreed that the ruling reaffirmed the high court...

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