Add to ORKGAffirmative action programs of all types are under attack legally and politically. Although medical schools have not been specifically targeted their affirmative action programs like others in higher education are potentially in danger. This article examines the current legal status of affirmative action in medical education and concludes that a refurbished defense of such programs is essential if they are to survive impending judicial and political scrutiny. An analysis of existing case law and available evidence suggests that a carefully reinvigorated diversity argument is the tactic most likely to pass constitutional muster as well as the justification most likely to blunt growing public and political opposition to admissions policies th...
Higher education is the door to opportunity for social advancement in our society and is often tied ...
Affirmative action programs at elite schools have long neglected those suffering most from the effec...
This article proceeds in three parts. In Part I of this article, I provide a narrative of affirmativ...
Affirmative action programs of all types are under attack legally and politically. Although medical ...
Higher education cannot afford to lose affirmative action programs which are crucial to creating a d...
A significant body of evidence suggests that minority race adversely affects the quantity and qualit...
which plaintiffs have challenged the university’s un-dergraduate and law school admissions policies ...
Using methods that support causal inference and data from the Association of American Medical Colleg...
The changing standards used by the federal courts to adjudicate affirmative action in employment and...
For four decades, the diversity rationale has offered a lifeline to affirmative action in higher edu...
How is diversity measured? When is diversity sufficient? The Supreme Court has pressed these hard qu...
This Article proposes a new compelling interest to justify affirmative action policies. Litigation h...
The author argues that when the Supreme Court next confronts the issue of affirmative action in high...
Legality and efficacy call for reframing the affirmative-action debate within a broader institutiona...
This Article examines issues of inequality in education, minority representation, and access to the ...
Higher education is the door to opportunity for social advancement in our society and is often tied ...
Affirmative action programs at elite schools have long neglected those suffering most from the effec...
This article proceeds in three parts. In Part I of this article, I provide a narrative of affirmativ...
Affirmative action programs of all types are under attack legally and politically. Although medical ...
Higher education cannot afford to lose affirmative action programs which are crucial to creating a d...
A significant body of evidence suggests that minority race adversely affects the quantity and qualit...
which plaintiffs have challenged the university’s un-dergraduate and law school admissions policies ...
Using methods that support causal inference and data from the Association of American Medical Colleg...
The changing standards used by the federal courts to adjudicate affirmative action in employment and...
For four decades, the diversity rationale has offered a lifeline to affirmative action in higher edu...
How is diversity measured? When is diversity sufficient? The Supreme Court has pressed these hard qu...
This Article proposes a new compelling interest to justify affirmative action policies. Litigation h...
The author argues that when the Supreme Court next confronts the issue of affirmative action in high...
Legality and efficacy call for reframing the affirmative-action debate within a broader institutiona...
This Article examines issues of inequality in education, minority representation, and access to the ...
Higher education is the door to opportunity for social advancement in our society and is often tied ...
Affirmative action programs at elite schools have long neglected those suffering most from the effec...
This article proceeds in three parts. In Part I of this article, I provide a narrative of affirmativ...