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...heard oral arguments for the two cases—which challenge the University of Michigan’s undergraduate and law school admissions systems—Harvard again was a focus, as the two sides debated the merits of the “Harvard plan” that was upheld in Bakke...
...He’s less concerned with the tradition of Western Civilization to be defended or upheld [than] the capacity to deal with the world’s vast populations,” says Salstonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier...
...investigation upheld the university’s decision not to reappoint Dixon but suggested a one-year extension of her contract. The protesters felt let down by the decision the committee had reached, but within the ranks of university administrators its chair had made her mark...
...closely divided opinions, the Court reiterated its view of affirmative action as a legal means of achieving diversity. But its treatment of the actual policies in question differed sharply between the two cases: while the admissions policy of the University of Michigan’s Law School was upheld, that of its undergraduate program—which uses a point-based system in which all minority applicants receive a fixed boost—was ruled unconstitutional...
Though Tribe said he thought the point system could have been upheld, such a ruling “was an almost inconceivable outcome given the current composition of the Court...