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Cole, Jared P. – Congressional Research Service, 2019
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits federally funded programs, activities, and institutions from discriminating based on race, color, or national origin. In its current form, Title VI remains largely unchanged since its adoption. Unlike the Civil Rights Act's better known and more heavily litigated provisions, Title VI is concerned…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Racial Discrimination, Financial Support
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Bickel, Robert D. – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
Summarizes the historical evolution of both the legal and moral arguments surrounding affirmative action in higher education. Discusses black higher education institutions and black scholars, desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, admissions quotas, and the connection between law and educational policy. (MKA)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Black Education, Civil Rights
Jon S. Iftikar; David H. K. Nguyen – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions "Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College" (2023) and "Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina et al." (2023), hereafter collectively referred to as "SFFA v. Harvard," have garnered attention, especially among…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Civil Rights Legislation
Goetz, Raymond – Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1979
In an expansion of his paper presented at the American Bar Association's 1978 annual meeting, Professor Goetz reviews the 1977 Supreme Court labor law decisions, focusing on employment discrimination cases and the legality of affirmative action programs in the decision in Board of Regents of the University of California v Bakke. (MF)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, College Admission
McCormack, Wayne, Ed. – 1978
An analysis is presented of the "Bakke" decision and the several opinions of the Supreme Court Justices. The principal issue presented by the case is whether a higher education institution using a selective admission program may adjust that program by giving explicit preference to qualified members of identified racial or ethnic groups…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Admission