The Unseen Students In The Affirmative Action Debate The New York Times If stanford is to provide a rigorous education to its undergraduate students, and to foster a climate of intellectual vitality more generally, it is imperative that the university broaden the scope of its present affirmative action policy. Students for fair admissions (sffa) contended that harvard’s affirmative action policy violated title vi of the civil rights act of 1964 (and by extension the fourteenth amendment to the constitution) by discriminating against asian american applicants. and it asked the court to overturn grutter.
Opinion Seven Students 7 Campuses College Life Before The Fall Of Simply casting a wider net has been thrown overboard. stanford’s administrators defended its first affirmative action plan by denying, duplicitously, that they collected the sort of data that would make quotas possible. March 27 (reuters) the u.s. department of justice on thursday launched investigations into stanford university and three university of california schools to ensure they comply with a u.s . Oral arguments in the two michigan cases were held april 1, and more than 30 stanford students joined the crowd of 50,000 who marched in washington, d.c., that day to support affirmative action. a decision against michigan would not necessarily invalidate stanford’s admission policies. Weighing in on the supreme court ruling on affirmative action, a panel of stanford law school professors said on june 30 that the ruling in favor of the students for fair admissions is a case that comes along once in a generation.
Opinion Seven Students 7 Campuses College Life Before The Fall Of Oral arguments in the two michigan cases were held april 1, and more than 30 stanford students joined the crowd of 50,000 who marched in washington, d.c., that day to support affirmative action. a decision against michigan would not necessarily invalidate stanford’s admission policies. Weighing in on the supreme court ruling on affirmative action, a panel of stanford law school professors said on june 30 that the ruling in favor of the students for fair admissions is a case that comes along once in a generation. Under a conservative supermajority, the supreme court is expected to either ban or hinder affirmative action following cases against the university of north carolina and harvard university. Less than a week earlier, a panel at stanford law school also analyzed the ruling and its future impact on education for students of color, now that the court has determined race can’t be used. By all means, invite a broad range of people to universities to give guest lectures and to talk with academics and students. however, in an age of celebrity and hot takes, we do not need ideological appointments parachuted into universities. Would "affirmative action" for conservatives in academia "backfire"? universities should be wary of adopting practices or policies that "discourage curiosity and reward narrowness of thought.".
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