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According to this article (9/19/07), the California Bar denied Sander's request for the data this past June, asserting that bar applicants provided data on race believing that it would be used for studies related to the exam and not on broader studies concerning the impact of affirmative action on minority lawyers.

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The first blockbuster case on the court's calendar is Oct. 10, when the justices will hear argument in a fight over the University of Texas» affirmative action program.

SOME employers are saving millions of dollars with the return of women who have been on maternity leave into the paid workforce, according to case studies from the Affirmative Action Agency.

It will take four affirmative votes to take action on whatever the Office of General Counsel recommends.

I have also written critically of blacks» continued reliance on civil - rights - era protest and legal strategies, and of the propagation of affirmative action throughout our employment and educational institutions.

That is probably true, though neither Mr. Herbert nor Pres. Lawrence seems to realize that it is the ugly, racist «bedrock» on which the edifices of their beloved affirmative action and multiculturalism are built as well.

Without such «affirmative action» on behalf of Christian scholarship, it is clearly impossible to accomplish that «integration of the sciences and religious faith» which from the time of Newman and before has been the hallmark of a Christian university.

The political version of crying racism in the face of every form of opposition to, say, busing or affirmative action has brought on the current crisis in the politics of both blacks and white liberals.

As everyone knows, there is a tremendous cultural struggle going on in national politics, manifested in disputes over abortion, capital punishment, gun control, crime, welfare, affirmative action, gay rights, school prayer, and other kindred things, many of which have a subtle racial dimension.

But surprisingly, the black conservatives overlook the fact that affirmative action policies were political responses to the pervasive refusal of most white Americans to judge black Americans on that basis.

The new black conservatives voiced these feelings in the form of attacks on affirmative action programs (ignoring the fact that they had achieved their positions by means of such programs).

They were most vexed by religious discrimination on the part of the state against those who, were they not Christian, would be eligible for the Indian versions of equal opportunity» and «affirmative action.»

From that debatable generalization, Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles moves to an attack on California's Proposition 209, which would eliminate state affirmative action programs.

Carter was most concerned to free black intellectuals from the box labelled «politically correct»» i.e., the assumption on the part of both blacks and whites that, since racial affirmative action exists to bring a «black perspective» into universities and other institutions, an «authentic» black will conform to a political stereotype.

Appended to the resolution are a dozen pages of information on site development, ramps, entrances, doors, stairs and rest rooms, The UCC — on Independence Day 1977 — called on «each local congregation to take affirmative action assuring the full integration of persons with handicaps into membership of the Christian fellowship at all levels.»

The number of Lutherans in the administration and on the faculty was so low that the few who were left appealed to the president for some Lutheran affirmative action.

I justified the establishment of such «plebeian» institutions on the grounds of «affirmative action for common citizens.»

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To read the stance of the American Association for Affirmative Action prior to the June 2003 decision, see «AAAA Statement on the U of M Cases: Is Race the Focus?»

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In the Parker / Armstrong dining hall (from which whites are soon expelled when Sam is surprisingly elected head of house), Simien lets Kurt bark his complaints to Sam about affirmative action, and propose the dubiousness of colleges» diversity - driven enrollment practices, before spinning the tables back in favor of Sam, who claims Kurt's dad is promoting random housing out of fear that blacks will «congregate and cause trouble on his plantation.»

I'm not suggesting that Mann had some obligation to practice affirmative - action casting, especially when telling a story based on actual events, but «The Insider» inadvertently makes clear just how white and male the upper echelons of business and media remain in this country.

The movie opens on a painfully repetitious montage of Bulworth's latest commercials condemning affirmative action.

What's refreshing is the emphasis the film places on Bale's character's conception of masculinity that doesn't fall under either of the usual tropes; he's neither idealistic at the cost of lacking the will to take affirmative action (as Whitaker's character is) nor is he a time bomb of self - destructive aggression (as Affleck's character is).

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The study's chief author Daniel Koretz and his colleagues used a simplified model of the University of California admissions process and real test scores to examine the impact of attempts to roll back affirmative action in postsecondary admissions on eight California campuses.

Indeed, colleges and universities are even frequently evaluated on the racial, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity of each incoming class of students, and affirmative action...

Proponents of a constitutional amendment to end affirmative action in Michigan's public universities have collected more than 500,000 petition signatures, far more than the 317,757 required to get the issue on the 2006 ballot.

The Supreme Court issued a long - awaited decision yesterday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a seven - to - one ruling (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself because she had worked on the case as U.S. Solicitor General) that sends the affirmative action case back to a lower court for further review.

The report, released by the American Council on Education last week, expresses optimism about the progress made by minority students, but argues that challenges to affirmative action and public skepticism about such policies «make it imperative» that colleges articulate the importance of racial and ethnic diversity...

The groups decry DeVos's support of «voucher schemes which siphon away all - too - limited education funds» and suggest her positions on women's healthcare (read: «abortion») and affirmative action are reasons to scuttle her appointment.

It is my understanding that affirmative action in higher education was an extension of the War on Poverty, which was expected to provide students from low - income families with greater access to predominantly white colleges and universities.

The Harvard conference, «Non-Racial Standards and Minority Opportunity» is the first to examine effect of recent court decisions restricting affirmative action on higher education.

But this argument ignores the declines in racial diversity on campus that have taken place after bans on affirmative action and the real - world consequences that these declines have for students of color.»

To be specific, the case will consider the constitutionality of Michigan's Proposal 2, a voter - approved ban on affirmative action policies in Michigan universities, which was passed through a ballot vote in November 2006 with a margin of 58 — 42 percent.

«The types of questions the Court is considering in Schuette relate to my research interests and, in past work, I have found that bans on affirmative action lead to statistically significant declines in the enrollment of underrepresented students of color in various graduate fields of study,» she says.

«If affirmative action bans are causing lower rates of black - student enrollment in less selective institutions, there's something else going on,» says Shaw.

The commission, a 37 - member group that meets every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution, has been holding a series of public hearings on the school plan and other proposals, including one to provide constitutional protection for affirmative action programs.

Professor Gary Orfield is Professor of Education and Social Policy and founding Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University is the author of many books and articles on school desegregation and other civil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative action.

When a phrase like «white supremacy» is bandied about so lightly, the most straightforward response for many on the Right (and even some in the middle), is to conclude that anyone who wants to shrink the federal government, supports school vouchers, or is skeptical of affirmative action risks being stamped a «white supremacist.»

Indeed, colleges and universities are even frequently evaluated on the racial, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity of each incoming class of students, and affirmative action policies in admissions are based on the rationale that the presence of campus diversity enriches the learning environment.

Diversity Challenged, edited by noted researcher Gary Orfield, forecasts that affirmative action's legal and political future may turn on a single question — whether or not the educational value of diversity is sufficiently compelling to justify consideration of race as a factor in admissions decisions at colleges and universities.

Sixty Four Percent of Americans Support Affirmative Action The public opinion polling on behalf of AFC found that 64 percent of Americans support overall affirmative action for women and Affirmative Action The public opinion polling on behalf of AFC found that 64 percent of Americans support overall affirmative action for women and minorAction The public opinion polling on behalf of AFC found that 64 percent of Americans support overall affirmative action for women and affirmative action for women and minoraction for women and minorities.

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

The polling results were released today to coincide with the national release of Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action, a new book by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

The U.S. Supreme Court's agreement last week to take up the legality of race - based admissions in higher education sets the stage for a ruling on affirmative action that is likely to reverberate throughout precollegiate schools as well.

This was just the opening round of what is likely to be a long series of acrimonious debates over policy at the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, on topics including sexual harassment, affirmative action, instruction of English language learners and school discipline — even on who might head the agency.

* Jon McGee discusses his new book on «the changing marketplace for higher education», Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more money...

Given challenges to affirmative action, we need to know how the admissions process works, the role of tests in admissions decisions, and the effects of alternative definitions of diversity on the composition of the admitted student body.

Second, white students expect black and Latino students on campus — all of whom are assumed to have benefited from affirmative action — to have had a particular life experience that will contribute to the diverse learning environment.