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Bakke Case: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke Allan Bakke, 1940–, a white applicant. The legal implications of the decision were clouded by the Court's division. Bakke had twice been rejected by the medical school, even though he had a higher grade point average than a number of minority candidates who were admitted. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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Unlike the Bakke case, which targeted the medical school of UC Davis, the Michigan cases challenged the consideration of race in admitting both undergraduate (Gratz 2003) and graduate (law school) students (Grutter 2003). Bakke cases suggest that, despite some gains for people of color, the NAACP's "end around" strategy was ultimately not successful. The Bakke case over admissions policies at the UC Davis Medical School moved forward from Yolo County to the Supreme Court in 1978. |
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