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Use Of Economic-Based Affirmative Action In College Admissions, Torrino Travell Travis
Use Of Economic-Based Affirmative Action In College Admissions, Torrino Travell Travis
Florida A & M University Law Review
Preferential treatment based on race is currently on life support and will soon die as a part of the college admissions process. However, banning racial preference in college admissions does not mean the end of minorities receiving preferential treatment in college admissions. Recently, federal courts have begun to hold that colleges may give preferential treatment and use various criteria in compiling its student body; however, these criteria must be race neutral. Part I of this note discusses Grutter v. Bollinger. Part II argues that admissions committees will still be able to give deserving minorities special consideration under a race neutral …