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Education
Newsletter - July 2003
 
In this Issue...
Diversity in College Admissions Sometimes OK
 
 July 9, 2003
 

By now you have heard about the two Supreme Court decisions upholding the use of diversity in college and university admissions. The Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s admission program as narrowly tailored to reach its diversity objective, but struck down the University of Michigan’s undergraduate admissions program because it was not narrowly tailored to reach its objective and thus violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

The issues raised by the two cases then are when is a program narrowly tailored and how do you as a college or university accomplish this task? In the next edition of the Holland & Knight Education Newsletter, we will provide you with an in-depth analysis of the two cases and give you insight into how a goal of diversity can be legally accomplished in light of the Supreme Court’s two rulings.

In the meantime, if you have any questions about your admissions programs, please contact your local Holland & Knight office and ask to speak to one of our many lawyers who practice education law.