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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED151465 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Relevance of Race in Admissions; A Summary of
the Position of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in
Higher Education as Reported in "Selective Admissions in
Higher Education: Public Policy and Academic Policy."
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1977)
NOTE: 9 p.
AVAILABILITY: Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher
Education, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California 94704
ABSTRACT: The Carnegie Council's position on public and
academic policy issues involved in the Bakke case is
summarized in this publication. The Council holds that the
racial experience of an academically admissible student is
among the criteria relevant to admissions decisions. In
speaking of race, the experience of persons raised in non
English speaking homes, as well as that of members of
racial minority groups, is included. Features of public and
academic policy in higher education are discussed as they
relate to racial criteria in admissions. Specific
recommendations are offered for policy affecting admissions
to selective schools at both the undergraduate and graduate
levels. A two stage model of the admissions process is
suggested. In this model, minimal standards would be set to
determine "admissibility", the first stage. These standards
would be applied uniformly to all applicants.
Considerations of race, sex and ethnicity would have no
place in admissibility decisions, but would be involved in
"selection", the second stage of the admissions process.
(Author/GC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: College-Admission; Race-; Racial
Discrimination; Racial-Factors; Selective-Admission
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Admission-Criteria; *Affirmative-Action;
*Educational-Policy; *Higher-Education; *Minority-Groups;
*Public-Policy
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