Bakke decision

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Bakke decision - a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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The admissions process did not use quotas and therefore complied with one of the few clear mandates announced in the Bakke decision (Regents of the University of California v.

Grutter v. Bollinger and the community college by Lewis, Chance W. / Academic Exchange Quarterly

That the conference was held at Harvard is ironic, given the disastrous role that Harvard, as the nation's most privileged "literacy institution," played in the Bakke decision.

Catherine Prendergast. Literacy and Racial Justice: the Politics of ... by Haas, Christina / African American Review

The court may vote to uphold the Bakke decision or to overturn it.

The battle for affirmative action: as higher education awaits a ... by Goral, Tim / University Business

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