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ERIC Number: EJ351106
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative-Action Plans in Its First Explicit Ruling on Voluntary Goals.
Fields, Cheryl M.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n29 p1,20 Apr 1 1987
In its most sweeping endorsement of affirmative action and the first ruling explicitly upholding affirmative action for women, the Supreme Court has upheld voluntary plans that help qualified women and members of minority groups gain jobs traditionally dominated by white men. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Courts, Higher Education, Nontraditional Occupations, Racial Discrimination, Sex Discrimination
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Supreme Court