The policies, priorities, and productivity of postsecondary admission offices are under a great deal of scrutiny. The current realities range from the pressures of tuition-driven institutions to deliver the majority of the university budget each fall, to more selective institutions wrestling with standards of which applicants to accept amid…

In a symposium at the 2012 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education annual conference, Claremont Graduate University Professor Daryl G. Smith, a pioneer in the study of diversity in postsecondary educational contexts, critiqued the disproportionate framing of diversity-related research around past, present, and future U.S.…

Discusses implications of "Bakke" and "Adams v Califano" on minority group admissions to colleges and graduate and professional schools. Holds that affirmative action programs are too stratified and that States should design such programs to cover the entire spectrum of elementary, secondary, and higher education. (Author/GC)

Minority representation in the graduate and professional schools is not in parity with the proportion of minorities in the overall population at this point in the history of American higher education. There are definite reasons for the lack of participation, reasons that have a profound philosophical, sociological, and economic basis. These…

Originally published in May 1979, analyzes the six different positions in the "Bakke" case to gain an understanding of the final decision in light of the issues that were considered by the Supreme Court. Discusses implications for admission, financial aid, and affirmative action programs. (Author/GCP)

Focuses upon (1) the largely negative implications of the Bakke decision with respect to educational and professional opportunities for Blacks, and (2) the continuing need for affirmative action in higher education, especially graduate and professional programs. The Bakke case and issues involved in selective admissions policies are briefly…

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Bakke case, which found that strict numerical quotas were illegal in admissions programs, is analyzed in this article in terms of its applications to women's rights. It is pointed out that although the ruling, which was made on a statutory rather than a constitutional basis, conceded that race could be considered…

Concludes that beyond any judicial fiat, affirmative action is a simple moral and political imperative, with its justifications deeply rooted in history. (Author/AM)

This booklet contains an edited transcript of a visit by the black civil rights leader to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in May 1978. Reverend Jackson addresses issues that go beyond the freedoms won in the civil rights movement toward the goals of educational and economic parity for all Americans. AEI scholars and fellows,…

Introductory comments for a seminar on the Bakke decision and implications for the issue of equity of access are presented. It is suggested that before the Bakke case public support for affirmative action admissions programs was diminishing; and that if affirmative action had continued as it was being operated, its negative effects may have been…

Considers what the higher educational status of black America and the nation as a whole would be if the Bakke decision had gone the other way and race-based affirmative action policies had been held unconstitutional from the beginning. A major erosion in blacks pursuing higher education would be expected. (SLD)

This paper deals with the application of the dissenting opinions of the Supreme Court justices in the Allan Bakke case to a range of admission and hiring practices in which universities have engaged, or might engage. The issues posed in the Bakke case, the basic positions in each of the justices' opinions, and the interrelationship between the…

Surveys selected literature pertaining to Chicanos and higher education with emphasis on publications appearing between 1969 and 1979 and on materials dealing with California. Summarizes and synthesizes the information pertaining to the access, presence, status, participation, and attrition of Chicanos in higher education; admission criteria; and…

Data from two surveys are used to draw conclusions about the Black student movement of the sixties, to speculate on future directions of Black student thought and behavior, and to discuss the possible impact of these students on the Black community and the larger political system. (Author/EB)

Desegregation efforts and litigation, including the Bakke case, are discussed in terms of their conflicting effects on the existence of predominately Black colleges. It is suggested that federal actions and legal decisions may in fact threaten the survival of Black institutions. (JMF)