Despite the landmark Supreme Court ruling, race preferences continue to roil

Jan 21, 2005 · · Comments Off on Despite the landmark Supreme Court ruling, race preferences continue to roil

RALEIGH — In June 2003, the Supreme Court heard two cases concerning racial preferences in Michigan higher education, Gratz v. Bollinger (on preferences used by the University of Michigan) and Grutter v. Bollinger (on preferences used by its Law School). The Court ruling against outright racial preferences in admissions while ruling in favor of considering race in admissions so long as it is used as only one of “pertinent elements of diversity.”

Inquiry #15: Diversity and Racial Preferences: Implications of the Michigan Case for the UNC System

May 14, 2003 · · Comments Off on Inquiry #15: Diversity and Racial Preferences: Implications of the Michigan Case for the UNC System

Race preferential admissions tend to depress the grade, the graduation rates, and advancement to graduate school for those favored in the admissions process. The Supreme Court will soon rule on the legality of such preferences in university admissions. What might this ruling mean for North Carolina?

Racial preferences’ fate in North Carolina hinges on Michigan case

Mar 28, 2003 · · Comments Off on Racial preferences’ fate in North Carolina hinges on Michigan case

All eyes are on Michigan now, thanks to a case before the Supreme Court involving the University of Michigan Law Schools’ use of racial preferences in admissions decisions. It is a case being watched with extreme interest by N.C. higher-education officials , public and private.

Race-based admissions policies must go

Feb 14, 2003 · · Comments Off on Race-based admissions policies must go

The litigation over race-based admissions policies is probably the most important case the Supreme Court will decide in its current term. Those who think that it’s somehow progress for government institutions to treat classes of individuals differently because of their ancestry are pulling out all the stops to defend race-based admissions policies, including an intellectually dishonest argument that diversity enhances education and cries that the sky will fall if schools like the University of Michigan can’t stack the deck in favor of applicants in certain groups. Here are a few thoughts on this momentous case.

Supreme Court poised to offer long-overdue clarity on racial preferences

Dec 6, 2002 · · Comments Off on Supreme Court poised to offer long-overdue clarity on racial preferences

By next June the nation’s highest court could finally issue a much-needed clarification of the constitutionality of using racial considerations in college admissions decisions. The Supreme Court took up two cases in which white applicants argued that their applications to the University of Michigan and its law school were turned down because of their race.