The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases

by Barbara A. Perry

Book Overview

In its controversial Bakke decision of 1978, the Supreme Court upheld racial and ethnic diversity in university admissions--but it was not to be the last word on the matter. When Jennifer Gratz and Barbara Grutter challenged the University of Michigan's admission policies because they were passed over in favor of ostensibly less-qualified minority applicants, the Court was once again compelled to address affirmative action.

Barbara Perry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615482
• ISBN13: 9780700615483
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"