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Direct linkSander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The author reports on a Supreme Court case that is echoing across the University of Texas at Austin, and for some students, it is personal. Not long after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Abigail Fisher's case against the University of Texas at Austin, a lighthearted joke made the rounds at the Warfield Center for African and African-American…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Selective Admission
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how, during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over the University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policy, several justices indicated that they did not see any viable alternatives to the use of affirmative action in college admissions. (EV)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation, Reverse Discrimination
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how several key advocacy groups, working together, have played key roles in bringing the issue of race in college admissions to the Supreme Court. (EV)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation
