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Competing Parents and Controlling Institutions

Competing Parents and Controlling Institutions
The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 23, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Paul Adams
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Commentary
The Supreme Court is to hear two cases—against Harvard and the University of North Carolina—that call into question the use of race-based affirmative action. Students for a Fair Admissions (SFFA) ask the court to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
Paul Adams
Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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