Proposal for Policy Paper [Sample]

Purpose of paper: To review the role of the President, Congress and Supreme Court in the development and implementation of affirmative action policy.

Relevant statutes and/or Executive Orders:

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

Executive Order 11246

Relevant Cases

Bakke v University of California (1978)

Gratz v Bollinger (2003)

Grutter v Bollinger (2003)

Preliminary List of Sources (please list at least 5)

Ball, Howard. 2000. The Bakke Case. Kansas: University Press of Kansas.

Brody, Carl. 1996. ”A Historical Review of Affirmative Action and the Interpretation of its Legislative Intent by the Supreme Court,” Akron Law Review 29 (291).

Burstein, Paul. 1998. Discrimination, Jobs and Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Cohodas, Nadine. 1985. “Both Sides Lobbying on Affirmative Action,” CQ Weekly (Dec. 7): 2574.

Elliott, Euel and Andrew I.E. Ewoh. 2000. “The Evolution of an Issue: The Rise and Decline of Affirmative Action,” Policy Studies Review 17(2/3): 213-236.