Constitutional Principles, Double Bind of Affirmative Action
Social Sciences Forum Event
Carla Pratt, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law
Professor Pratt will discuss the role of constitutional principles in legal arguments for and against race conscious admissions policies in higher education and the ways in which such arguments reflect insufficient allusions to and underspecified notions of governmental and societal interests. She will also discuss the June 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fisher vs. University of Texas, a case challenging the consideration of race in college admissions, and the potential implications of the decision for debates about equal protection and diversity.
Constitution Day Lecture, co-sponsored
with the Departments of Political Science, Africana
Studies, Public Policy, and the Office of Student Life