Diversity and Opportunity: A New Paradigm for Elite Public Universities

As of this writing, the Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke has been the only Supreme Court case to rule upon affirmative action in university admissions. Bakke established the legal standard that under Equal Protection analysis, the facilitation of student body diversity for educational reasons was of compelling legal interest. This study concludes that the use of race as allowed by Bakke renders the facilitation of student body diversity much easier and more effective than other current practices, such as programs that target income rather than race. However, during the past several years the courts have not looked favorably upon the use of race-based affirmative action. To that end, the last chapter in the study examines other purposes for facilitating diversity within elite public institutions, namely land grant universities. In keeping with the land grant tradition of expanding access and promoting the public good, a land grant standard for achieving diversity is proposed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Fortier, Priscilla Jean

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thurston, Paul W.

• Education, Higher

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3069993

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79682