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...second case, which challenged Michigan Law School’s use of affirmative action to pursue a “critical mass” of minority students, we applaud the Court??s decision to uphold the admission policy. Diversity is a very important goal for all universities, and critical mass is a bedrock of achieving it. Universities should reflect the makeup of the larger community as a whole, and this is important for two reasons: to build a coherent minority community within the university, and to attract more minority students to that community...
After an unexpectedly long eight-month delay, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts reversed the lower court??s decision and upheld Harvard’s stance that Berkowitz’s grievance was without merit. Berkowitz appealed once more, several weeks later—and on Sept. 9, the SJC dismissed the case for good...
...legal matter is over. That’s the meaning of the Supreme Judicial Court??s decision not to grant further appellate review,” said Berkowitz. “The decision of the Appeals Court of Massachusetts st ands for the position that disputes over Harvard’s contracts are not reviewable by the courts of Massachusetts. I think this puts Harvard above the law and I think it’s a threat to academic freedom. In my opinion, the meaning of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals ruling is that universities...
Estrada’s controversial nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia—which is considered second in prestige only to the U.S. Supreme Court??developed into a two-year partisan showdown over the federal confirmation process...
Summers cited challenges in achieving racial equity in higher education and society at large, but said he thought important progress had been made on both fronts. He particularly lauded the Supreme Court??s recent decision to uphold affirmative action at the University of Michigan. Harvard and six other top universities submitted a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Michigan’s consideration of race in admissions decisions...