Education & Academia

Supreme Court Limits Quotas in College Admissions

The Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, determining that while affirmative action was permissible, racial quotas in college admissions were unconstitutional. Allan Bakke, a white applicant, challenged the University of California, Davis Medical School's system that reserved a certain number of spots for minority candidates. The Court's decision significantly impacted college admission policies across the United States.

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