Great Supreme Court Decisions: Regents of the University of California V. Bakke : American Education and Affirmative Action by Tim McNeese download DOC, MOBI, EPUB
9780791092606 0791092607 Although the United States was built on the notion of equality for all, discrimination has, unfortunately, been a consistent part of American history. In the 1960s, some businesses and universities, as well as the federal government, created a concept intended to right some of the wrongs of the past. Affirmative action provided a framework that favored individuals from groups that had historically been discriminated against. In the early 1970s, a 32-year-old white aerospace engineer named Allan Bakke applied to a California medical school and was subsequently rejected. Believing he had lost an opportunity because of the medical school's affirmative action program, Bakke sued, convinced his own civil rights had been denied. His case would one day reach the halls of the United States Supreme Court, and the future of affirmative action in America would never be the same. Book jacket., Discusses the landmark Supreme Court case that would challenge the affirmative action programs in place for higher education in the United States., Regents of the University of California v. Bakke familiarizes students with the landmark Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of affirmative action. In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the medical school at the University of California in Davis, despite being well qualified. Bakke filed suit, claiming racial discrimination. In a closely divided 1978 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities, but denied quota systems in college admissions. They ruled the UC medical school had, by maintaining a 16-percent minority quota, discriminated against Bakke. Allan Bakke was later admitted to the school, and graduated in 1992. Here, Professor Tim McNeese, who is also a consulting historian for the History Channel's ""Risk Takers, History Makers"" series, explains affirmative action and the background behind this lawsuit, as well as the controversy caused by the Court's decision., Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: American Education and Affirmative Action familiarizes students with the landmark Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of affirmative action. In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the medical school at the University of California in Davis, despite being well qualified. Bakke filed suit, claiming racial discrimination. In a closely divided 1978 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities, but denied quota systems in college admissions. They ruled that the UC medical school had, by maintaining a 16-percent minority quota, discriminated against Bakke. Allan Bakke was later admitted to the school, and graduated in 1992. Here, Professor Tim McNeese, who was also a consulting historian for the History Channel's Risk Takers, History Makers series, explains affirmative action and the background behind this lawsuit, as well as the controversy caused by the Court's decision.
9780791092606 0791092607 Although the United States was built on the notion of equality for all, discrimination has, unfortunately, been a consistent part of American history. In the 1960s, some businesses and universities, as well as the federal government, created a concept intended to right some of the wrongs of the past. Affirmative action provided a framework that favored individuals from groups that had historically been discriminated against. In the early 1970s, a 32-year-old white aerospace engineer named Allan Bakke applied to a California medical school and was subsequently rejected. Believing he had lost an opportunity because of the medical school's affirmative action program, Bakke sued, convinced his own civil rights had been denied. His case would one day reach the halls of the United States Supreme Court, and the future of affirmative action in America would never be the same. Book jacket., Discusses the landmark Supreme Court case that would challenge the affirmative action programs in place for higher education in the United States., Regents of the University of California v. Bakke familiarizes students with the landmark Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of affirmative action. In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the medical school at the University of California in Davis, despite being well qualified. Bakke filed suit, claiming racial discrimination. In a closely divided 1978 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities, but denied quota systems in college admissions. They ruled the UC medical school had, by maintaining a 16-percent minority quota, discriminated against Bakke. Allan Bakke was later admitted to the school, and graduated in 1992. Here, Professor Tim McNeese, who is also a consulting historian for the History Channel's ""Risk Takers, History Makers"" series, explains affirmative action and the background behind this lawsuit, as well as the controversy caused by the Court's decision., Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: American Education and Affirmative Action familiarizes students with the landmark Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of affirmative action. In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the medical school at the University of California in Davis, despite being well qualified. Bakke filed suit, claiming racial discrimination. In a closely divided 1978 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities, but denied quota systems in college admissions. They ruled that the UC medical school had, by maintaining a 16-percent minority quota, discriminated against Bakke. Allan Bakke was later admitted to the school, and graduated in 1992. Here, Professor Tim McNeese, who was also a consulting historian for the History Channel's Risk Takers, History Makers series, explains affirmative action and the background behind this lawsuit, as well as the controversy caused by the Court's decision.