Abstract
On July 13, 1981, the University of North Carolina System and the United States Department of Education filed a Consent Decree with Judge Franklin T. Dupree, Jr., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Four days later Judge Dupree announced his acceptance of the Decree, and delivered his written opinion in the public interest.1 The duration of this Consent Decree extends through December 31, 1988, and the University System required to make annual reports to the Federal district court of jurisdiction.2 By definition, a consent decree A judgment entered by consent of the parties for the purpose of executing a compromise and settlement of an action. . It is a determination by the parties, rather than by the court....3 Briefly, the North Carolina Consent Decree brought to an end an eleven-year dispute between the white leaders of the University of North Carolina (UNC) System and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
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