Word: davises
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The most galling rejection came from the nearby University of California at Davis. Established in 1968, the medical school had enrolled only two blacks and one Chicano in its first two entering classes. So the faculty authorized a special admissions program for "individuals from disadvantaged educational, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds...
Bakke decided to sue on the ground that he was a victim of race discrimination.* But the origins of his lawsuit are somewhat mysterious. An admissions officer at Davis, later fired, apparently encouraged Bakke to bring suit against the university. Was that an attempt to subvert the admissions program or...
Most observers believe the Supreme Court's ruling on Bakke, expected next year, will not be broad enough to encompass all reverse-discrimination cases. In last week's oral arguments, at least four Justices indicated that the case could be decided on narrow grounds, i.e., limited to Bakke...
"Institutions like U.C. Davis adopted affirmative action programs as a result of intense pressure in the '60s." Smith said. "They feel put upon by these programs, and they want the courts to say, either 'these programs are unconstitutional, get rid of them' or else 'they are constitutional."
Unfortunately, the trial record that has gone to the Supreme Court in the Bakke case is limited enough so that the Supreme Court justices will probably decide that they can only hand down a very narrow ruling. The question of just how far admissions committees can go in attempting to...