Home ]
Best Practices ] The Grutter Case ] Diversity Resources ] About Us ]
Constitutionality Checklist
Developing Diversity-Building Admissions Programs
Periodic Review
Beyond LSAT & GPA
Proposition States

 

Related Articles:

Seven Secrets to Successful Compliance with Grutter

 

from Blend It, Don't End It: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in partnership with Americans for a Fair Chance, a project of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Equal Justice Society, Society of American Law Teachers

 

Printer-Friendly Format

 

Periodic Review

 

Importantly, Grutter requires colleges and universities using race-conscious admissions programs to review them periodically in order to determine whether such programs are required to achieve diversity; however, the Court did not specify how often such review should occur.  It is advised that an institution should review its admissions program every few years. 

It is also important to note that, contrary to popular belief, there is no 25-year sunset provision for race-conscious admissions programs.  Although many who are opposed to affirmative action have asserted that Justice O’Connor in her majority opinion set forth a 25-year sunset provision, that statement merely expressed an aspiration.  “As long as Grutter is good law, student body diversity in higher education will always be a compelling state interest.”

Back ] Next ]
Home ]