Race in College Admissions
The Constitutionality of Efforts to Ensure Classroom Diversity
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In 2008, Abigail Noel Fisher was denied admission to the undergraduate program at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). She has since received a degree from Louisiana State University, but the lawsuit the Houston-area resident filed after she was rejected from her State’s flagship university is still going strong.
Because she did not qualify for the 80 percent of UT freshman spots reserved for those in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class, Fisher’s college application was subjected to a “holistic review” that considered a variety of attributes, including leadership ability, socio-ec…
In This Issue
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Foreword
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Inside the Court
College Admissions, Abortion, and Health Care Reform on the Docket
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The Diversity Rationale at Universities
Supreme Court Precedent From Bakke to Grutter
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Lower Court Holding in Fisher v. Texas
Decision of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
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Before the Court in Fisher v. Texas
The Justices Weigh in on Race in College Admissions
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Pro & Con
Does the University of Texas’s Use of Race in Admissions Decisions Violate the Fourteenth Amendment?
