The State Role [microform] : Beyond Bakke / Richard M. Millard
- Bib ID:
- 5398337
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Millard, Richard M
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED202373
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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Outcomes of the Bakke decision and the role of the state in developing an effective post-Bakke agenda are addressed. While the Supreme Court rejected the doctrine of complete racial neutrality in admissions decisions, there is ambiguity in the decision that could be used to rationalize complacency and justification of the status quo, doing away with quotas and two-tracks and submitting nothing in their place, or weakening programs designed to support minority students with potential for professional and graduate work. Advantages of the decision include directing attention to the issue of underrepresentation of minorities in higher education and in responsible positions in American society. It is suggested that state boards, commissions, or departments of higher education have played or have the capacity for playing significant roles in expansion of access, including providing guidance in areas related to access such as admissions standards and student aid. An agenda for state higher or postsecondary education should include the following: disseminate accurate information about the Bakke decision to policy-makers, identify and disseminate admissions models designed to increase enrollment of underrepresented minorities at graduate and professional levels within the Bakke guidelines; encourage institutions to develop their own plans for overcoming underrepresentation; and conduct human resources studies that identify specific community as well as aggregate state needs in critical human service areas. An agenda for the legislative and executive branches of state government could include: issuing a formal resolution and/or executive order reaffirming the state's commitment to affirmative action and to overcoming underrepresentation both in educational opportunity and in providing human services. (SW)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at a Seminar for State Leaders in Postsecondary Education (New York, NY, September 1978).
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Admission Criteria
- College Admission
- Court Litigation
- Federal State Relationship
- Government School Relationship
- Higher Education
- Minority Groups
- Quotas
- Racial Composition
- State Boards of Education
- State Government
- Bakke v Regents of University of California Seminars for State Leaders Postsec Ed (ECS SHEEO)
- Supreme Court
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1978
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