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Direct linkNelson, Stephen J. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The Supreme Court is taking up affirmative action at colleges and universities for the sixth time in 50 years. In that litany, an early case was the University of California vs. Bakke. Bakke complained about being denied admission to the university's medical school because seats were guaranteed for minority applicants, thus barring the door to him…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, College Admission, Racial Bias
Jones, Willis A.; Liu, Keke; Bell, Lydia F. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Using nationally representative data from the 2010 NCAA Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations and Learning of Students in college (GOALS) survey, this study examines whether student-athletes' cross-racial interactions correlate with their college satisfaction. Our findings suggest a small but statistically significant correlation between cross-racial…
Descriptors: College Students, College Athletics, Racial Relations, Athletes
Jackson, Regine; Sweeney, Kathryn; Welcher, Adria – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2014
This article examines student perceptions of racial segregation on campus in terms of interaction across racial groups. Theories of colorblind racial ideology are used to interpret data from 14 group interviews focusing on 1.) the degree to which cross-group interaction is desired, 2.) perceptions of racial separation among students at a…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Racial Relations, Undergraduate Students, Ideology
Hughes, Sherick; Thompson Dorsey, Dana N.; Carrillo, Juan F. – Educational Policy, 2016
Justice Goodwin Liu reexamined seminal affirmative action in higher education legal cases beginning with the landmark 1978 case, "Regents of the University of California v. Bakke" and leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2003 decision in "Gratz v. Bollinger." Liu argued that the "Bakke and Gratz" lawsuits were…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Higher Education, Court Litigation, Disproportionate Representation
Peer reviewedDaniel, Philip T. K.; Timken, Kyle Edward – Journal of Law and Education, 1999
Recent litigation attacking affirmative action illustrates the need for competitive college admissions programs that avoid quota systems. The "Hopwood" decision overstepped its authority by rejecting Justice Powell's opinion in "Bakke." College admission programs must defend the use of racial consciousness by separating…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedReidhaar, Donald L. – Journal of College and University Law, 1975
Overviews current and recent preferential admissions cases other than DeFunis, particularly Bakke v. the Regents of the University of California, pointing up major issues in racial preferential admissions cases and concluding that universities and their professional schools, not the courts, must fashion and apply admissions policies responsive to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Competitive Selection, Court Litigation
Haro, Carlos Manuel, Ed. – 1977
In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a Caucasian, applied for admission to the medical school of the University of California-Davis and was refused admission. Of the 100 places available each year, 16 were reserved, under a special admission program, for Mexican Americans, blacks, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. Bakke filed a complaint against…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Background, Court Litigation
