Does affirmative action make university admission policy? By: Megan Larrison Every spring, high school students around the country anxiously check their mailboxes, hoping to receive letters of acceptance to their dream colleges. Typically, in perfect world, acceptance to college should be based on grades, SAT scores, letters of recommendation, character, extra-curricular activities, and personal statements. Recently, however, another factor in the admission process has become more and more accepted;
Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke. She was denied acceptance into the school. When the school was asked why, they openly admitted that it uses race as a factor in making admissions decisions because it serves a "compelling interest in achieving diversity among its student body." A year, later Jennifer Gratz applied for admission to the University of Michigan’ College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) as a resident of the state of Michigan. Although the LSA considered Gratz to be well qualified
Introduction Known as one of the biggest obstacles in higher education to date would arguably be the use of affirmative action within the higher education admission process for both private and public institutions (Kaplin & Lee, 2014; Wang & Shulruf, 2012). The focus of current research is an attempt to either justify or deny the use of affirmative action within current practices through various higher education institutions, and though any one person could potentially be swayed to side with the
Preceding this was a rise to equality among minorities, mainly African Americans and Hispanics. The breakthrough case Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools and opened the door for national equality of all citizens. In 1963 President John Kennedy developed eigh... ... middle of paper ... ...http://www.landmarkcases.org/> Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) 438 U.S. 265, No. 76-811 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgibin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=438&invol=265
Consequently the more people that try to get into the school the higher the income from the school will rise benefitting the state. Grutter v Bollinger was about a student, Barbara Grutter, with a great GPA being denied admission to the University of Michigan Law School. She sued alleging that the university rejected her based on race to keep the school diverse. Bollinger was the president of the school and was the defendant. The schools admission policy allowed for the school to be diverse in race. The
The Supreme Court's ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger and in Gratz v. Bollinger are two compelling and complex cases. In the Grutter v. Bollinger case, the Supreme court favored that race and ethnicity along with other factors are justifiable in the admission process of promoting a diverse and inclusive student body on the premises of state law schools. I agree with the court's decision because minorities only make up a small percentage on college campuses and universities, and that race and ethnicity
Two later Incomparable Court cases both included the College of Michigan: Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 US 244 (2003), which included the college's undergrad affirmations, and Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 US 306 (2003), which included the college's graduate school confirmations. In Grutter the Court reaffirmed the privilege of foundations of advanced education to consider in the confirmations procedure. In Gratz, in any case, the Court nullified the college's approach of granting extra indicates secondary
Constitutional Rights In 2003, the United States Supreme Court will hear two affirmative action cases. Each is dealing with the actions of the admissions office of the University of Michigan. The cases, Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger, have been called "this generation's Brown v. Board of Education." (Montoya.) These cases have much hanging in their mists, "The outcome of … affirmative action cases will determine whether our society moves forward towards greater equality or backwards
In 1995, Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher were two Caucasian students who applied for admission into the University of Michigan’s school of Literature, Science and the Arts with in-state tuition. They were told that they were denied admission because they were not competitive enough applicants to be admitted on the first review. Two years later, Gratz and Hamacher decide to file a class action lawsuit against the University, the school they were applying for, Lee Bollinger, and James Duderstadt
were less than one percent black in 1951 now had a population consisting of 7.1% black students in 1989. A study d... ... middle of paper ... ...esh. Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus. New York: Free Press, 1998. “Gratz v. Bollinger.” The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 02 January 2014. . Johnson, John W. "Affirmative Action: Illiberal Education (1991): The Cost of Affirmative Action. “Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web.
The height of reverse discrimination cases was in the 1978 Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. The affirmative action policy in place had reserved sixteen spots for qualified minorities. University of California Medical School at Davis rejected Allan Bakke, a white man, twice, and both times the school admitted candidates less qualified
dissent in Plessy v Ferguson, Justice John Harlan wrote that the law was "color blind." This phrase has taken on a meaning of its own and has been debated among critics of affirmative action programs beginning in the 60s. The question whether the government should be able to use racial categories when it is beneficial, and not discriminatory to minorities who have a history of being discriminated against. The Supreme Court first looked into this question, in the case of Bakke v. Regents, University
Bollinger which allowed for race to be considered in admissions if it was one of many other factors, and Gratz v. Bollinger which declared it unconstitutional to automatically adds points for specific racial identities. UT’s rationale for re-introducing race was to gain a critical mass of diversity in their school
Imagine a scenario designed by Dr. Stephen Yates where one team plays with all the regular rules and the other team has to play with one arm tied behind their back. The same two teams play again but with a completely different set of players. Would a turnabout of the rules be fair (Yates)? Most would answer no. They would say that it’s not fair. The new players have no responsibility for what the old players did but they are still getting punished for it. The other team’s new players begin with advantages
Regressive Action “The only way to create a color-blind society is to adopt color-blind policies.” (unknown). Affirmative action began as a great idea, the United States government finally acknowledged the fact that ever since the nation was founded, racism and sexism have been prevalent. The government used this policy to help minorities, and other groups who have been treated unfairly throughout history to recover from decades of abuse. The flaw is that the consequences of this system had not
policies of affirmative action have turned into reverse discrimination against Caucasian Americans, while other Americans believe that we still need these policies. In class, we read the official Supreme Court documents associated with the case Gratz v. Bollinger, including the consenting and dissenting opinions of the court. The case explores the role of Affirmative Action in college admission at the University of Michigan. Essentially, the University of Michigan was awarding a certain number of points
public with them, including school. This became a major issue and at one point was brought to the Supreme Court. In the Brown v. Board of Education case, judge Marshall stated that “...separate school systems for blacks and whites were inherently unequal, and thus violate the "equal protection clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”(“History-Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment” United States Courts). The court declared that having segregated schools was unjust. In 1964
Racial diversity is a desired concept that intends to secure the right of equal opportunity that is promised to all citizens of the United States. Such an idealistic vision has been attempted through a process called affirmative action. As a program created from the 14th Amendment, affirmative action aims to impose “equal protection of the laws” by requiring schools to adopt a quota for the enrollment of minorities. This program is intended to compensate for the centuries of discrimination that minorities
Dear white people: when black people say you are “privileged”, they do not mean you were born rich nor do you not have to struggle to make a living. The privilege referred to is the privilege of having white skin, which immediately protects you from certain things in society. Privilege is an advantage available only to a particular person or group of people. Try to understand. White privilege is not something that white people purposefully create, do, or enjoy. White privilege is the term for societal