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Facts of the case. Abigail Fisher, a white female, applied for admission to the University of Texas but was denied. She did not qualify for Texas' Top Ten Percent Plan, which guarantees admission to the top ten percent of every in-state graduating high school class.
1 lip 2013 · Justice Kennedy reaffirmed the principle established in Grutter that the educational benefits of a racially diverse student body could be a compelling interest and that it is appropriate for a court to defer to a university’s judgment that diversity is essential to its educational mission.
10 lis 2016 · University of Texas at Austin (Fisher II), the Court held that the University of Texas had presented sufficient evidence to establish that its pursuit of the educational benefits of diversity through a race-conscious admissions policy satisfied the Court’s demanding strict scrutiny inquiry.
Fisher v. University of Texas, 570 U.S. 297 (2013), also known as Fisher I (to distinguish it from the 2016 case), [1] is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
9 gru 2015 · This week, the Supreme Court hears arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case challenging the University's admissions system. In this post, Richard Lempert delves into the ...
23 cze 2016 · The Supreme Court has ruled that the educational benefits of diversity for all students should be the rationale for affirmative action, rather than giving black and Hispanic students a leg up ...
This guidance has been developed to provide institutions of higher education and higher education leaders with an analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's Fisher decision. 1 It provides brief background on the case, analyzes the decision itself, and frames key takeaways and policy implications for institutions of higher education.
