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Download full textWood, Thomas E.; Sherman, Malcolm J. – 2001
The assertion of the right of higher education institutions to use racial preferences in their admissions policies has been based on the diversity rationale that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell articulated in his opinion in the "Bakke v. Regents of the University of California" case of 1978. This report explores the legal and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Students, Court Litigation
