Affirmative Action
Affirmative action in the admissions policies of universities has been, and will continue to be a highly contested topic as long as social inequality exists. To balance the student body, universities have used race and ethnicity as a criteria for admission. Not everyone agrees with this methodology for academic enlightenment, and some have argued that it is unconstitutional. In this paper I will address the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, institutional academic freedom, as well as, the historical, contemporary, and future perspectives, and contexts that surround affirmative action, both domestically and internationally. After which I will examine the following cases; Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978); Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003); and Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003); addressing the opinions of the court, and what they mean to affirmative action on the college campus.
Historically affirmative action was......
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