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Affirmative Action and Diversity In June 2003, the US Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruling in the case of Grutter v. Bollinger, et al, that the University of Michigan Law School could employ “narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.” The Court carefully endorsed Justice Lewis Powell’s opinion in Regents of U of California v. Bakke (1978) “that student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify using race in university admissions.” Prior to this decision the AAA joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and over 50 other higher education associations in supporting the University of Michigan’s right to invoke affirmative action policies in school admissions to ensure diversity in its student body. The AAA signed onto an amicus brief that ACE filed with the Supreme Court on February 18, 2003. The “friend of the court” brief argued in essence that institutions have the latitude to decide how to conduct higher education and that diversity in student bodies advances higher education. To view the amicus brief, see ACE’s website at: http://www.acenet.edu/washington/legalupdate/2003/UMich.pdf For additional information and background on the suit, see: http://www.umich.edu/~urel/admissions/new/ In the September and October ANs, anthropologists consider what the Supreme Court decision might mean for higher education programs as well as how we do and should understand diversity and multiculturalism. They also address what anthropology can contribute to the discussion of these concepts and practices. Affirmative Action Is Still Alive, but Is It Enough? (Roberto Ibarra) Shifting the Affirmative Action Focus from Access to Success (Yolanda Moses) Affirmative Action and Anthropological Research (Lee Baker) Diversity as Ideology (Peter Woods)
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