Despite striking down two voluntary school-integration plans in 5 to 4 ruling on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court left intact its precedents dealing with affirmative action in higher education. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education article today, the decision is expected to have no impact on higher-education desegregation plans.
The two cases joined in the court's decision were Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, involving public schools in Louisville, Ky., and its suburbs, and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1. The cases differed from past disputes over race-based student-assignment policies brought before the Supreme Court in that neither of the two districts named in the complaints was under a court order to desegregate its schools. Because the integration policies were adopted voluntarily, they were subject to a higher level of judicial scrutiny than court-ordered efforts.
Here is the court decision.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education and Cornell University Law School
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