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...prefers to talk about this movement--"an attack at the very quality of a group of people," he calls it--in terms of America rather than of Harvard. And for Leonard its focal point came last year in the DeFunis vs. Odegaard case, when a white man sued the University of Washington Law school for "reverse discrimination"--admitting blacks who he charged were less qualified than...
...issue the Redbook committee should address is the composition of the student body at the College and its implications for undergraduate education. In a friend-of-the-court brief written by the University for the DeFunis v. Odegaard case, which involved the constitutionality of a separate admissions process for minority students, Harvard emphasized the educational enrichment that can be achieved only through a diverse student body. The brief stated that a heterogeneous student body should become an educational goal in and of itself. The criteria for diversity mentioned were standard: academic interests, cultural orientation, geography, and personal philosophies. But even...
...School put together in a little over two weeks time was probably one of the best of the 25 amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) opinions, and will no doubt have a great influence upon the ultimate decision which the Burger court makes. Lawyers for Charles Odegaard, president of the University of Washington, acknowledged this week just how influential they think Cox is when they asked him to consider presenting oral arguments in their favor...
Specifically, DeFunis v. Odegaard is a case of "reverse discrimination" involving the legality of granting special rights to groups in the population in order to help them overcome disadvantages in educational and professional opportunity. But in a broader sense, it involves the basic criteria which rightfully should be used for admissions of any students, regardless of race, creed or color...
...would be nice to believe that Harvard's benevolence in DeFunis v. Odegaard was based on its long-standing committment to minority education and a genuine fear for the minority students who must overcome severe barriers before obtaining good education or occupational training. But Harvard's tremendous interest in the DeFunis case probably owes more to a fear for the interests of those groups to which Harvard has a longer and certainly more deeply-rooted committment. Alumni son, athletic, prep school and other such groups which Harvard actively recruits for other than mere scholarly reasons all could be affected...