"Affirmative Action" and Equal Protection in Higher Education. CRS Report R45481, Version 3. Updated

Autor/inn/en	Back, Christine J.; Hsin, JD S.
Institution	Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Titel	"Affirmative Action" and Equal Protection in Higher Education. CRS Report R45481, Version 3. Updated
Quelle	(2019), (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; Equal Protection; Higher Education; Federal Courts; Court Litigation; Student Diversity; College Students; Racial Composition; Universities; School Policy; Civil Rights Legislation; Federal Legislation; Racial Segregation; School Desegregation; Federal Aid; State Aid; Grants; Educational Policy; College Admission; Admission Criteria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gleichstellungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bundesgerichtshof; Rechtsstreit; Collegestudent; University; Universität; Schulpolitik; Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Bundesrecht; Rassentrennung; Integrative Schule; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren
Abstract	The last several years have seen renewed debate over the role that race plays in higher education--a debate over "affirmative action." The report first considers "affirmative action" in its original sense: the "mandatory" race-conscious measures that the federal courts have imposed on "de jure" segregated public university systems. This report explains that the federal courts have come to subject voluntary "affirmative action" policies to a particularly searching form of review, known today as strict scrutiny. They have so far upheld those policies under a single theory: that the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body uniquely justify some consideration of race when deciding how to assemble an incoming class. To rely on that diversity rationale, however, the Court now requires universities to articulate in concrete and precise terms what their diversity-related goals are, and why they have chosen those goals in particular. This report concludes by discussing the role that Title VI plays in ensuring equal protection in higher education, both public and private, including several avenues for congressional action under the Act. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Congressional Research Service. Web site: https://crsreports.congress.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01