Among the beneficiaries of a plan to end Alabama’s 25-year-old college-desegregation lawsuit are historically white colleges whose enrollments were capped in a 1991 consent decree as a way of preventing them from expanding their competitive edge over nearby historically black colleges, according to today’s Decatur Daily. The judge overseeing the case is in the process of signing off on the settlement, and has scheduled a hearing for early December to hear any objections to it.
November 1, 2006
Enrollment Caps to Be Lifted Under Desegregation Plan in Alabama
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