Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A 3rd Path on Affirmative Action?

The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 17, 2011, 2:53 pm

By Richard Kahlenberg
Sunday’s New York Times featured an important article by Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak, entitled, “College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand.” In the piece, Liptak notes that experts think the U.S. Supreme Court will probably accept a challenge to racial affirmative action at the University of Texas at Austin. The article furthermore suggests that if the Court takes the case, there may be five votes to strike down racial preferences bringing about “the end of affirmative action at public universities.”

Full Story: http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/a-third-path-on-affirmative-action/30606

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