A divided Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
”(所谓的Race-Based Affirmative Action)制度违反美国的宪法的Equal Protection Clause (平等保護條款)。因此,该判决立刻禁止所有美国大学使用类似的制度。 按照种族平权法案的逻辑,某些少数民族,尤其是黑人和原住民,值得取得“加分”再申请的过程,意味着属于这些少数民族的学生更容易被大学录取。但是虽然亚洲人(包括...
Questions where affirmative action has gone and asserts that even minority faculty who have presumably benefited from these programs are increasingly critical of them. Obstructing the appointment of qualified minority faculty; Questions what kind of bureaucracy we are talking about; Implications for ...
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In our July 11 webinar, Affirmative Action Decision: Impact on DEI and ESG—Considerations for Universities and Colleges, Employers, and Other Organizations, we will discuss our observations about this landmark ruling and the potential impact it will have within and outside the education ...
S. courts have been limiting affirmative-action programs in universities and other areas. The legal rationale is that racial preferences are unconstitutional, even those intended to compensate for racism or intolerance. For many colleges, this means students can be admitted only on merit, not on ...
In the United States, affirmative action has been a part of many universities’ enrolment for several decades. The term refers to policies which favour typically disadvantaged groups, with African Americans the most common intended beneficiaries. The end goal is to ensure that the diversity of socie...
Join a panel of McGuireWoods education and labor and employment team members for a discussion of the Supreme Court oral argument and related takeaways for colleges, universities and employers.TopicsCurrent framework for the use of race in undergraduate admissions Legal tests and affirmative action ...
Impact of Affirmative Action Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court Restricts Use of Affirmative Action Sources Affirmative action is the name given to efforts at encouraging the participation of women and minorities in education, the workforce, the military and other arenas. Since the 1960s, affirmative...
Steps institutions can take to increase the diversity of their students following the ban on affirmative action