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Civil Rights Groups, Berkeley Settle Lawsuit Over Admissions Policy

Civil Rights Groups, Berkeley Settle Lawsuit Over Admissions Policy
By Pamela Burdman

BERKELEY, Calif.

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision giving a green light to race-conscious admissions was grabbing headlines, another challenge over race and admissions was quietly coming to closure. Civil rights groups settled with the University of California at Berkeley in a 4-year-old lawsuit charging that the university’s admissions procedures were unfairly disadvantaging minority applicants.



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