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Fisher ruling requires buy‐in, thorough assessment of diversity, affirmative action
Author(s) -
Porter Michael,
Clausen Erica
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.30432
Subject(s) - affirmative action , diversity (politics) , supreme court , government (linguistics) , action (physics) , political science , law , law and economics , sociology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , linguistics
Student‐body diversity is critically important to many institutions, and the U.S. Supreme Court has again ruled that diversity is critical enough in legal terms to be a “compelling government interest” and that certain forms of affirmative action to increase student‐body diversity can be constitutional.