Wednesday, August 15, 2012

NY, 13 other states back affirmative action policy

Boston Herald.com
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:20 p.m. EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, on behalf of 14 states, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold racial preferences in college admissions.
The court is scheduled to hear arguments Oct. 10 in a lawsuit by Abigail Fisher, a white student who was not admitted to the University of Texas in 2008. Fisher is challenging the university’s admissions policy as a violation of her civil and constitutional rights.
The court’s ruling will be its first on affirmative action in higher education since 2003.

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