October 12, 2003

Universities Dropping Formulas For Minority Applicants

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that U.Mass. (Amherst) and U.Ohio have adopted more individualized selection processes to achieve diversity in student body selection. Mechanistic policies providing formula advantages for minority applicants have been under question since the June Supreme Court decisions involving University of Michigan. See The Chronicle: Daily news: 10/10/2003 -- 01 (Read more ... )

The Chronicle's June report on the decisions includes links to the full texts of both Grutter v. Bollinger (the law-school case) and Gratz v. Bollinger (the undergraduate case) and background material on the controversy.

The Chronicle also has an "in-depth" article on the decisions and on affirmative action in education generally.

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