Since the 1978 Supreme Court case, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), affirmative action in higher education admissions has faced a slow death through both the courts and legislatures in many states. This trend was continued recently in both Florida and Georgia.
In Florida, a court approved the governor’s One Florida plan that does away with affirmative action in admissions at the state universities. The approval of the plan was based on the court’s finding that there was no longer any evidence of past discrimination at the universities and, therefore, no longer any need for affirmative action-based admissions plans.
A district court in the Southern District of Georgia ruled that the University of Georgia (Georgia) violated both Title VI and Title IX by selecting students for admission based on race and gender. Johnson v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, 106 F. Supp. 2d 1362 (2000).
