May 21, 2004
A Continuing Need for Affirmative Action
To the Editor:
A recent article describes efforts to roll back the gains of the Supreme Court's ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger ("Advocacy Groups Pressure Colleges to Disclose Affirmative-Action Policies," The Chronicle, April 2). The Society of American Law Teachers wishes to set the record straight on affirmative action.
In Grutter, the court held that student diversity was a compelling interest, and it found, based upon a large body of social science, that the substantial
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