The homepage of the Project on Fair Representation (POFR) features a smiling photo of Abigail Fisher, the young White woman at the center of "Fisher v. the University of Texas," which could end race as a criterion in university admissions. Edward Blum, founder of POFR, a conservative advocacy group, connected Fisher with Wiley Rein LLP,…

The Bakke decision will cause institutions to strengthen academic support programs, improve admissions procedures, and develop stronger evaluation programs. Institutions will see more "reverse discrimination" cases in the future. (Author)

The case for programs of preferential treatment can plausibly rest both on the view that such programs are not unfair to white males and on the view that it is unfair to continue the present set of unjust--often racist and sexist--institutions that comprise the social reality. Such programs may be effective means by which to achieve equality and…

It is suggested that the Bakke case settles so little it is virtually useless as a precedent. Its single holding is that it put Bakke in medical school; without any consistent majority rationale there is no law of the case. Available from Univ. of Oregon, School of Law, Eugene, OR 97403. (MSE)

Examines international trends in selection for higher education, as well as school-leaving examinations and university access in South Africa. Discusses tensions between educational quality and equity related to access. Describes equitable admissions criteria instituted at the University of the Western Cape, and some dilemmas encountered by…

Bakke's equal protection holding is analyzed and an assessment is offered of what the decisions mean for academic special admissions programs. Discussion focuses on how race may be used as a factor in admissions decisions consistently with the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution. (Author/MSE)

Defining reverse discrimination as hiring or admissions decisions based on normally irrelevant criteria, this book develops principles of rights, compensation, and equal opportunity applicable to the reverse discrimination issue. The introduction defines the issue and discusses deductive and inductive methodology as applied to reverse…

A collection of papers and programs from a series of regional seminars conducted in 1978 and entitled "Bakke and Beyond" are presented. Cosponsored by the Education Commission of the States, the Aspen Institute, and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, the programs focused on various impacts of the Bakke decision.…

The public policy and legal issues surrounding preferential admissions of minorities in higher education and the politics and human drama of the controversy are reviewed and analyzed in this book. Focus is on the court cases of Marco DeFunis against the University of Washington law school and Allan Bakke against the University of California…

During the summer of 1978 the College Board sponsored a series of six seminars throughout the United States to provide a forum for discussion of the Supreme Court's decision on the case of Regents of the University of California v. Allan Bakke. The first section of this report summarizes the discussions in the seminars, outlining the salient…

Information on eleven conferences focusing on post-Bakke policy and sponsored by the American Council on Education for administrators of high-demand programs is presented. An introductory report by Todd Furniss ("Professional Education After Bakke") discusses the rationale for the conferences and examines some of the implications for…