Affirmative Action in Education

Monday 06/23/2003

NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg, law professors Laurence Tribe and Peter Schuck, and university president Lee Bollinger discuss the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action involving the admissions policies at the University of Michigan.

People in this video: Peter Schuck Nina Totenberg Lee Bollinger Laurence Tribe

Category: Education Law

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