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What the Michigan Decisions Mean for California
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 6.25.2003
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a University of Michigan admission system that granted more points for race than key academic measures. But in another split decision, the court allowed a narrowly tailored use of race for admission to the University of Michigan law school.
Remember the Moral Case for School Choice
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 6.4.2003
With the continuing inadequate performance of the public schools, it is understandable that school-choice advocates have focused on empirical studies showing the improved achievement of students in various choice programs. While the use of empirical evidence to buttress the case is important, one cannot forget that the strongest arguments for school choice are moral and philosophical.
Free the Universities:Reforming Higher Education To Keep Up With The Information Age
Submitted by Ryan Amacher, Roger Meiners on 6.1.2003
Practices and procedures that seemed to make sense in an earlier time, now seem anachronistic at best, and fundamental impediments to growth at worst. Amacher and Meiners bring novel reflections to many of the most classic and widely recognized issues and topics facing American universities, including faculty tenure and “dead wood,” instruction of undergraduates by graduate assistants instead of faculty, tuition increases, outdated courses and majors, board of trustee oversight and administrative leadership, and (for public universities) system-wide governance, to name a few.
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