Word: quota
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Putting it rather wryly, he said the only difference was that Davis was open about its racial-quota system, while Harvard more prudently achieved its racial balance in private. But there is no reason to prefer the Harvard program just because it "proceeds in a manner that is not immediately apparent to the public...
...Justices Brennan, White, Marshall and Blackmun. They argue that the use of such criteria does not violate the sense of the Constitution or Civil Rights Act of 1964--that is, to provide "equal protection under the law." The decision also rules unconstitutional the use of any racially-based quota system in an admissions process, in concordance with the opinions of Chief Justice Burger, and Justices Rhenquist, Stewart and Stevens...
...SECOND DEFICIENCY in the Powell opinion is its vagueness on the subject of racial quotas in hiring practices. And while the use of quotas in admissions offices is of arguable merit, it plays a crucial role in industries. As one construction worker said while taking part in the anti-Bakke demonstrations in Washington last April, "Right now minority hiring in construction is based solely on quota systems. If the Court makes quotas illegal, then we lose about the only thing we have going for us as a people who haven't had the opportunity to get a good education." Although...
...school's entrance standards as well as whites. When HEW demanded that the number of new black students be increased to 15%, the university balked. A compromise was finally worked out last month that called the higher figure a "goal" to be worked toward rather than a mandatory quota. Califano promised to support the arrangement if it should be challenged in court by civil rights groups...
Nixon's lobbying activities focus on health and biomedical legislation. This year, she became involved in the medical school funding issues after an amendment was tacked to a House bill at 3 a.m. requiring medical schools receiving government funds to admit a quota of foreign medical students. Cottington says if Congress had realized the unanimous opposition the bill faced from medical schools it would not have passed the amendment. Cottington also notes that Harvard prefers to work with staffers so that the University will never find itself with similar last-minute battles to fight. He cites this...