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...first case, Grutter v. Bollinger, a 5-4 majority held that the University of Michigan Law School’s admissions policy is constitutionally acceptable. In that policy, race is used as one of several favored attributes in evaluating applicants??in addition to so-called “hard” variables such as test scores and grades—in order to achieve a “critical mass” of minority students for purposes of diversity...
...Grutter v. Bollinger, a 5-4 majority held that the University of Michigan Law School’s admissions policy is constitutionally acceptable. In that policy, race is used as one of several favored attributes in evaluating applicants??in addition to so-called “hard” variables such as test scores and grades—in order to achieve a “critical mass” of minority students for purposes of diversity...
...policy change] allows us to focus on those candidates who are free to accept our offer,” said McGrath Lewis. “It’s more honest and simpler for applicants??We did expend a great deal of effort in evaluating people who would not have been in the pool [under the old policy], and we would prefer not to do it again...
...members to go above and beyond traditional expectations of teachers so that their students achieve at the same level as their peers in high-income areas.” In short, it appears that TFA’s main constraint to accepting more teachers is the quality of the applicants??not a lack of enthusiasm in other districts to join TFA and not a desire from already participating districts to limit TFA teacher numbers...
...perhaps the admissions office is not as concerned with the family members’ education as they are with what their education tells them about the applicants?? financial situations. Although Harvard proudly tells prospective students, “Each admission decision is made without any regard for a candidate’s financial resources—a policy we call ‘need-blind admission,’” the admissions application suggests that they might not be after...