Revisiting "Plessy" at the Virginia Military Institute: Reconciling Single-Sex Education with Equal Protection.

Saferstein, Bennett L.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Revisiting "Plessy" at the Virginia Military Institute: Reconciling Single-Sex Education with Equal Protection.

Saferstein, Bennett L.

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, v54 n2 p637-83 Win 1993

Attempts to develop a theory of separate but equal single-sex education that respects equal protection, drawing on a recent decision involving the Virginia Military Institute. The central aspect and potential safeguard against inequity lies in requiring that single-sex options be unique only in admissions policy. (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Coeducation, Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Equal Protection, Females, Higher Education, Males, Military Training, Sex Discrimination, Single Sex Schools, Young Adults

Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Plessy v Ferguson

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