The Chronicle of Higher Education
November 2, 2011, 5:59 pm
By Richard Kahlenberg
Earlier this week, The Chronicle published an important article by Peter Schmidt on Fisher v. Texas, the latest legal challenge to affirmative action that may wind up on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket. Opponents of affirmative action have filed briefs urging the High Court to take the case, while supporters have just been invited by the Court to respond.
The early maneuvering is important because Fisher could well turn out to be far more significant in determining the shape of affirmative action in higher education than the 1978 decision in Bakke v. Regents of the University of California or the 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger.
Full Story: http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/the-amicus-briefs-on-affirmative-action/30735
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