caa a22 4500 463159136 CHVBK 20180406164742.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10982-006-9007-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10982-006-9007-x Kershnar Stephen Department of Philosophy, SUNY Fredonia, Fenton Hall 2101, 14063, Fredonia, NY, USA aut Race as a factor in university admissions [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Kershnar] In two recent cases, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306. (2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244. (2003), the Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause permitted state schools to use race-sensitive admissions in order to obtain the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body. The diversity-based argument for race-sensitive admissions, scholarships, awards, and other opportunities at universities should have been rejected because it does not consider the full range of costs and benefits and because the more narrow educational effects probably weigh against such programs. However, this does not suggest that applicants' race, ethnicity, and gender should be ignored. Rather the same consideration that led to the defeat of the diversity argument, i.e., reasoning capacity, supports the consideration of demographic factors. However, attention to such factors further undermines the consequentialist case for affirmative action. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 Law and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/5(2007-09-01), 437-463 0167-5249 26:5<437 2007 26 10982 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10982-006-9007-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10982-006-9007-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kershnar Stephen Department of Philosophy, SUNY Fredonia, Fenton Hall 2101, 14063, Fredonia, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Law and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/5(2007-09-01), 437-463 0167-5249 26:5<437 2007 26 10982 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer