What has the Supreme Court said about which kind of affirmative action programs for admissions to public universities are acceptable and which are not?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Describe how Regentsv.Bakke struck down the use of numerical quotas in affirmative action programs, but was not clear about what sorts of programs would be acceptable.
2, Describe how the two University of Michigan cases supported the idea that affirmative action programs can be permissible to achieve racial diversity, which serves a legitimate educational purpose. However, race can be used as only one of many factors, and the university cannot assign specific points based on race.
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Fragmentation refers to:
a. The lack of one coherent policy to deal with an issue. b. The client’s need to visit many different agencies to deal with the same issue. c. The lack of consistent services over a period of time. d. Staff performing tasks that they have not been trained to do.
The bulk of funding for public schools comes from local property taxes
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
What statistic is defined as a means of measuring inflation that shows how much more or less consumers are paying for the same goods and services?
a. Consumer Price Index b. Poverty c. Income inequality d. GDP
The use by the national government of crosscutting requirements, crossover sanctions, direct orders, and partial preemption are all examples of which of the following?
A. unfunded mandates B. grants-in-aid C. home rule D. categorical imperatives