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Fisher ruling requires buy‐in, assessment of diversity, affirmative action
Author(s) -
Porter Michael,
Clausen Erica
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
enrollment management report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6263
pISSN - 1094-3757
DOI - 10.1002/emt.30247
Subject(s) - affirmative action , diversity (politics) , supreme court , government (linguistics) , action (physics) , political science , law , law and economics , sociology , physics , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics
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.