A Challenge to the Spirit of Public Administration
Social Equity Reconsidered in Light of Students for Fair Admissions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6456539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chad B Newswander (0009-0005-2719-310X, Brigham Young University - Idaho, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99-110 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Review of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-0740 • E-ISSN: 1552-3357 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02750740241300512 |
| OpenAlex | W4404595585 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 43 |
Social equity has been considered a pillar that supports the legitimacy of the field of public administration, with affirmative action as one of the most visible vehicles of the principle. However, the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions calls for a reconsideration of the practice and the value it supports. Though the Court has long viewed affirmative action to be suspect, it has now declared that the practice undermines the Constitution's mandate for equal treatment. This decision confronts not only what university administrators have done in the past, it also raises concerns about the field's broader relationship to the value of social equity more generally. The Court's opinion is a call to the field to recognize that public action which rests on social equity must be in alignment with a stiffened strict scrutiny in order to meet constitutional standards
Affirmative action · Constitution · Equity (law · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Mandate · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Social equality · Sociology · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Public Administration
The administrative state
Filling in the Skeletal Pillar
Balancing the Four E s; or Can We Achieve Equity for Social Equity in Public Administration?
Affirmative Action
Taking Social Equity Seriously in MPA Education
Race and Social Equity
Thick Social Equity
Social Equity in Public Administration
A New Public Administration
The Importance of Social Equity to Prevent a Hollow Public Administration
Equity in Public Services
Reimagining race and gender in public administration and public policy
Toward a Theory of the Public for Public Administration
Social Equity
PAR ’s Social Equity Footprint
Fifty years as the fourth pillar of public administration
A long road
Ethics and Comparative Administration
Nalbandian on the Court and Social Equity
The Public Service and the Patriotism of Benevolence
Retrofitting the Administrative State to the Constitution
Social Equity, Justice, and the Equitable Administrator
Social Equity and Evidence
The Pursuit of Social Equity in the Federal Government
Public Administration and Social Equity
Facilitating Community, Enabling Democracy
Social Equity in Civil Service Systems
Public Administration Is Constitutional and Legitimate
Toward a Constitutional School for American Public Administration
Legitimacy, History, and Logic
Advancing Social Equity in the Minnowbrook Tradition
Moving the Field Forward with Empathy, Engagement, Equity, and Ethics
The Hollowing of American Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |