Bakke decision
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- noun
- /ˈbɑːkeɪ dɪˈsɪʒən/
- Formal
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decisión Bakke
- In the Bakke decision, Justice Powell stated that race could be one of several factors in evaluating candidates for medical school.
Examples
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Most colleges and universities seek a "diverse" enrollment, a policy permitted by the Bakke decision.
Academic text (1992) -
We must lead students through the genesis of diversity from the melting-pot civics of the early 20th century to the 1978 Bakke decision to today's diversity bureaucracy and regulations in public and private institutions.
Academic text (2016) -
The Supreme Court's Bakke decision in 1978 allowed medical schools to consider race as a factor in admissions.
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Many universities changed their admissions policies after the Bakke decision, which emphasized the importance of diversity.
Synonyms
A 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case allowing race as a factor in medical school admissions but banning strict racial quotas
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bakke + decision
The noun 'decision' clearly indicates a verdict or ruling and the name 'Bakke' signals that the decision is associated with a particular person or case, so learners can infer it is a decision involving Bakke. However, the specific legal significance (a landmark 1978 U.S. Supreme Court ruling about race and admissions) cannot be derived from the constituents alone, so the full meaning is not predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The noun Bakke decision comes from Allan Bakke, a student whose case reached the United States Supreme Court in 1978. The court said medical schools could consider race as one factor but not use fixed racial quotas, so the phrase now refers to that important ruling about 'race in school admissions'.