Affirmative Action and the Idea of a University

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The verdict is in. After a protracted national discussion, conducted ultimately in a courtroom but also in letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, magazine articles, television talk shows, and countless dinner tables, the Supreme Court on June 23 validated the principle of affirmative action for admissions at the University of Michigan. The Court thus confirmed the reasoning of Justice Lewis Powell in the Bakke decision of 1978, which outlaws racial quotas but argues that universities may consider race in the interest of achieving a diverse student body. It is a verdict I cannot greet with a ...

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