The Supreme Court’s decision against Affirmative Action policies and a Clinton committee investigation of the necessity of affirmative action have SIUC officials debating the potential effects of the controversy on the University.

Affirmative Action, created in 1964 to stop discrimination against minorities and women in college admissions and the job market, has been under attack in Congress lately for promoting what some see as reverse discrimination in the work force.

In mid-June, the Supreme Court struck down two cases that would have had positive effects on Affirmative Action. The first decision now makes it more difficult for the federal government to hire minority contractors for construction.

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The second case ruled out bringing suburban white students into inner city schools to raise the school’s test scores to the national level.

Seymour Bryson, SIUC executive assistant to the president for Affirmative Action and equal

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