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Lerner, Barbara – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The history of the social, legal, and educational aspects of equal opportunity and equal results are outlined, and the rift between the two principles is described. Equal opportunity laws work, especially when enforced expeditiously, and are supported by most Americans. Equal results laws are a failure and counterproductive. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education, Equal Protection
Oats, William R., Jr. – Crisis, 1978
Discussions on the affirmative action issue have failed to realize that if race as a concept was used in the past to decide who would not benefit from the American Dream, it must now be used to remedy the effects of what has happened. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Role, Desegregation Litigation, Equal Education
Peer reviewedCrowson, Robert L. – Educational Theory, 1978
Nathan Glazer's book "Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy" is reviewed with a focus on the highly divisive nature of redistributive justice in America and its consequences. (DS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Equal Education, Minority Groups, Public Policy
Watson, Denton L. – Crisis, 1979
Several court cases concerning affirmative action programs both in education and in employment are reviewed in light of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act. Implications of past court decisions are discussed, as are possible future decisions. (MC)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Court Litigation, Equal Education
Download full textReynolds, Wm. Bradford – 1983
Today, the United States stands at a critical crossroad with regard to civil rights; the choice is between an officially colorblind society and a government-supported, race-conscious one. The purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments was to end a discriminatory system and to erect in its place a regime of race neutrality. In 1896, the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Civil Rights, Equal Education
Hendrikson, Leslie – 1983
Following the desegregationists' victory in "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954, there came a succession of gains for desegregation, until a new phenomenon developed in "Bakke v. Regents of University of California" in 1973. Since Bakke's grades and test scores were higher than those of some minority applicants admitted to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Equal Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHarvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979
The Bakke case is the most recent of many cases in which the Supreme Court has assessed the impact of the Brown decision that racial discrimination in education is unconstitutional. The Bakke decision has established that race is a factor which may constitutionally be considered in university admissions under certain circumstances. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Desegregation Litigation, Equal Education
Peer reviewedBorgatta, Edgar F. – American Sociologist, 1976
Notes that implementation of the universalistic value of equality of opportunity favors minorities if they are relatively disadvantaged. Despite the time lag, recent statistical indicators suggest no great differences in education for current cohorts of persons classified by sex, age, or ethnic categories. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Disadvantaged, Discriminatory Legislation, Equal Education
Peer reviewedLaRue, L. H.; And Others – Washington and Lee Law Review, 1981
Justice Lewis Powell's opinion on the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke is studied as an act of persuasion and a piece of rhetoric. A comment by Jan Deutch and a response by James B. White are included. (Available from: Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA 24550, $5.00) (MLW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Judges, Court Litigation
Reynolds, William Bradford – 1983
The Assistant Attorney-General for Civil Rights argues that preferential treatment to individuals based on their race cannot be justified under the law. Reynolds reviews the drafting of the Constitution and notes that the Constitution wronged blacks when it accorded them a fractional status of free persons. The doctrine of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Cohen, Carl – Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1978
The problem of affirmative action in college admission policies is addressed in view of the case of The Regents of the University of California v. Allan Bakke. It is noted that the essence of the case is preference by race and that official favoritism by race or national origin is poison to American society. (LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedBiles, George Emergy; Mass, Michael A. – Employee Relations Law Journal, 1977
Particular facts of Bakke v. Board of Regents and the California Supreme Court decision are described along with other recent cases that, dealing with the concept of reverse discrimination, will provide the legal environment for the Supreme Court's decision. Some alternative possible decisions the U.S. Supreme Court may make are considered. (LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Competitive Selection, Constitutional Law
Peer reviewedBowen, William G. – Educational Record, 1977
Opinions are offered regarding: Is it ever proper to consider the race of an applicant, among other attributes? If so, why, and in what ways? Are there significant distinctions to be drawn between the use of quotas and other approaches to the recruitment of minority students? (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), College Applicants, Equal Education
Marshall, Thurgood – Crisis, 1979
Because of the legacy of unequal treatment of Blacks in America, the institutions of this society must be permitted to give consideration to race in making decisions about who will hold positions of influence, affluence, and prestige. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Admission
Shapiro, Herbert – Crisis, 1979
The opinions of the nine Justices who participated in the Bakke decision are examined. (MC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Admission
