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UM To MU: Diversity in Higher Education and Why Miami's Got It All Wrong

Dill, Emma L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1126712883

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2005, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - English.
Midway through the summer of 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two decisions concerning the University of Michigan's use of race preferences in undergraduate and law school admissions. GRATZ V. BOLLINGER and GRUTTER V. BOLLINGER established that race preferences were tolerable in higher education admissions if considered alongside other factors that would add to the student body's diversity; this decision was immediately applicable to colleges and universities throughout the nation. Part I of this thesis provides a brief history of affirmative action, as well as an explanation of the GRUTTER and GRATZ decisions. Reasearch sources include court opinions, historical sources, and law review articles. Part II focuses on a close analysis of Miami University's admissions process in light of GRUTTER and GRATZ. Using Miami University publications, interviews with admissions staff, and speeches and comments by Miami's president, it is clear that Miami University's admissions process, though adhering to the letter of the law established in GRUTTER and GRATZ, fails to adhere to the spirit of that law.
Herron Daniel (Advisor)
Miami University; University of Michigan; affirmative action; race preferences; diversity; university admissions; Grutter; Gratz

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  • Dill, E. L. (2005). UM To MU: Diversity in Higher Education and Why Miami's Got It All Wrong [Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1126712883

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dill, Emma. UM To MU: Diversity in Higher Education and Why Miami's Got It All Wrong. 2005. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1126712883.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dill, Emma. "UM To MU: Diversity in Higher Education and Why Miami's Got It All Wrong." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1126712883

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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