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7 pages in length. The writer discusses recent University of Michigan case decisions where affirmative action was ruled acceptable with regard to admission policies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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would not give their PR department the opportunity to promote the universitys diverse cultural existence. "How could Brown University tout a diverse range of students if, in a race-blind
system, it didnt accept its necessary quota of Hispanics or African-Americans?" (Chang, 1997, p. PG). To be sure, institutions of higher education are "subject to legal requirements for affirmative
action" (Hogan, 1993, pp. 3-5), yet even if given the opportunity to scrap the program, it is not likely that they would. Case in point is the recent Supreme
Court of the United States ruling that "upheld the right of universities to consider race in admissions procedures in order to achieve a diverse student body" (Peterson, 2003), a decision
that serves to do little more than fortify the reverse discriminatory actions inherent to affirmative action. The cases that ultimately warranted this decision were filed back in 1997 by University
of Michigan students who claimed they were denied entry to the school because they were not minorities, even though their admission scores were well within acceptance range. This ruling
- heralded as a "tremendous victory" (Peterson, 2003) by U of Ms President Mary Sue Coleman - allows for colleges and universities to continue acting as though they are contributing
to a more racially diversified academic community, when in reality they are really preventing truly qualified students from gaining admission they so readily deserve. According to Coleman, the victory
was won for: "...the University of Michigan, for all of higher education, and for the hundreds of groups and individuals who supported us...A majority of the court has firmly
endorsed the principle of diversity articulated by Justice Powell in the Bakke decision. This is a resounding affirmation that will be heard across the land-from our college classrooms to
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