ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. could continue to factor in race when admitting students into its law school in order to create and maintain a diverse student body, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by the Chicago Sun-Times. However, in a separate 6-3 vote, the court ruled that the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions system violated the U.S. Constitution. The system requires a student to have 100 points for admission and provides 20 points automatically to students who are minority applicants that are underrepresented un·der·rep·re·sent·ed adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. . The court stated universities must look at each applicant individually. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Thomas J. Sugrue is Bicentennial bi·cen·ten·ni·al adj. 1. Happening once every 200 years. 2. Lasting for 200 years. 3. Relating to a 200th anniversary. n. A 200th anniversary or its celebration. Also called bicentenary. Class of 1940 Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . He has also served as an expert for the University of Michigan affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. cases, before the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2003. His research interests include modern American politics, public policy, urban policy, race relations, and civil rights. He is the author of The Origins of the Urban Crisis (Princeton, 1996), which won five prizes, including the Bancroft Prize in History. He has also written more than twenty articles on topics including race relations, affirmative action, labor, urban policy, and twentieth-century US politics. 215-898-0293 Professor Betsey Fox-Genovese, of Emory University, can share her expertise on history and such topics as discrimination, affirmative action and public policy. 404-727-4063, 404-727-6123 (University PR Phone) Professor David Neumark, of Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. , Department of Economics, is an expert regarding economics, age and sex discrimination and affirmative action. 517-353-7275, 517-355-1855 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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