The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Psychological Association in Support of Respondents in Grutter v. Bollinger, et al.

Legal Brief - February 18, 2003 -

• Diversity in higher education promotes harmonious and productive intergroup relations
  
• The Gurin Report provides sound evidence to support the conclusion that the government's interest in educational diversity is compelling
  
• Diversity in higher education leads to cultural competence, which is critical to the psychology profession and to society at large