Racial Preferences in Education
Blacks Call UCLA Biased, Seek Overhaul of Admissions, June 16, 2006, Los Angeles Times
Blacks call for more “holistic” admissions standards after too few blacks admitted.
Police Investigate Alleged Threat To Affirmative Action Foe, June 14, 2006, Detroit News
Opponent of Mich. anti-preference initiative allegedly threatens supporter with knife.
Law School Verdict’s Still Out: Race vs. Ranking, April 27, 2006, USA TODAY
Law professor says excessive reliance on LSAT scores keeps blacks out of law school.
A Preemptive Surrender, April 19, 2006, City Journal
Effort to end racial preferences in Michigan opposed by big business and Republicans.
The Race to Frame, April 13, 2006, InsideHigherEd
Both Michigan gubernatorial candidates are against anti-racial preferences ballot.
Harvey Discusses Latino/Hispanic Affairs, March 23, 2006, Cavalier Daily (University of Virginia, Charlottesville)
University official wants to recruit students from heavily Hispanic states to increase diversity.
College GOP Protests Affirmative Action, March 3, 2006, News 14 Carolina (Charlotte)
Students say lack of discrimination at university is discriminatory.
Group Takes Steps to Boost Number of Minority Lawyers, February 23, 2006, Contra Costa Times (San Francisco)
ABA diversity standards may force California law schools to violate the law.
Ole Miss Law School Aims for More African-Americans, February 20, 2006, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo)
School to start giving more attention to applicants with low test scores.
Bake Sale Cause for Controversy, February 17, 2006, Keystone (Kutztown University, Pa.)
Affirmative action bakesale organizer says university doesn’t need diversity.
Affirmative Blackmail, February 15, 2006, OpinionJournal
ABA diversity standards require law schools to break laws against racial preferences.
Black Students File Complaint Saying U-M Discriminates, February 8, 2006, Detroit Free Press
Universities recruit blacks into PhD programs, but care less about whether they graduate.
SIU Might Compromise on Minority Fellowships, January 26, 2006, Chicago Sun-Times
University has started changing racially exclusive fellowships after feds threaten suit.
Students Choosing Not to Report Ethnicity, January 16, 2006, Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
Many who mark themselves as “Other” race on college application forms are actually white.
Race Cases Put Colleges to Test, December 19, 2005, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lawsuit against university places future of racially-based scholarships in doubt.
BAMN Goes Violent at Michigan Board of Canvasser’s Meeting, December 16, 2005, Chetly Zarko
Black crowd intimidates board before affirmative action vote.
Tracking Black Student First-Year Enrollments Over the Past Decade at the Nation’s Highest-Ranked Universities, December 7, 2005, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Black student enrollment plummets at universities that have done away with racial preferences.
The Black Student Acceptance Rate at the Nation’s Highest-Ranked Universities, November 21, 2005, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Most high-ranked universities accept blacks at a much higher rate than other applicants.
Affirmative Action Vote Sought, November 1, 2005, Detroit News
Court orders Michigan government to put anti-racial preferences initiative on state ballot.
Appeals Court Upholds Seattle’s Use of Race in School Admissions, October 21, 2005, AP
Parents will appeal decision to allow racial preferences in schools to Supreme Court.
L.A. Unified Sued Over Race Issues, October 13, 2005, Los Angeles Times
City uses racial quotas to determine where students go to school.
Grades Only Part of Picture for New UW Admissions Plan, October 6, 2005, Seattle Times
Critics say new policy is an underhanded racial preference program.
After Grutter and Gratz, October 6, 2005, Linda Chavez, townhall.com
Fear of litigation has decreased universities’ use of racial preferences.
Outrage Erupts At Anti-Affirmative Action Rally, October 4, 2005, Daily Illini (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Brave college student attracts angry mob.
US Court Denies White Students’ Discrimination Case, October 3, 2005, Reuters
Students were suing over racial preferences in university admissions.
Looking More Moderate Than His Early Writings, September 16, 2005, Los Angeles Times
John Roberts agrees with Sandra O’Connor on racial preferences in university admissions.
Talk about Affirmative Action, July 29, 2005, National Review Online
John Roberts looks better on racial preferences than Sandra Day O’Connor.
No More Cheating For A Good Cause, July 22, 2005, LA Times
Columnist: “Let’s get rid of affirmative action.”
Mich. Battles Over Affirmative Action, July 20, 2005, AP
Opponents say blacks were tricked into signing petition against racial preferences.
UC Quits National Merit Program, July 14, 2005, Los Angeles Times
U. of California gives up scholarships for gifted because not enough blacks and Hispanics qualify.
UC May End Its National Merit Grant Program, July 6, 2005, Los Angeles Times
University considers dropping merit program because too few non-whites qualify.
The Texas Top Ten, June 23, 2005, VDARE.com
University of Texas admissions policy discriminates against whites.
UT-Austin Re-Enacts Affirmative Action To Boost Diversity, June 17, 2005, Shorthorn (Arlington, Tx.)
University alarmed by drop in black and Hispanic students will reintroduce preferences.
Morgan President Again Fights Budding Competitor, June 14, 2005, Baltimore Sun
Black college uses civil rights law to maintain monopoly on academic programs.
Demographic Dislocation, June 13, 2005, Inside Higher Ed
Black and Hispanic acceptance rates at elite colleges are swollen by preferences.
Student Files Complaint, Claims Code Is ‘Racist’, May 18, 2005, Oregon Daily Emerald (U. of Oregon)
Student files complaint with feds over places reserved for non-whites in classes.
Officials Defend Class Enrollment Restrictions, May 12, 2005, Oregon Daily Emerald (U. of Oregon)
University of Oregon reserves spots in classes for non-whites.
Bucking a Trend, U. of Wisconsin System Will Defend Race-Based Student-Aid Program against Complaint, April 14, 2005, Chronicle of Higher Education
Most other universities abolishing racially specific programs.
Cal Chancellor Warns of Diversity Crisis, April 8, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle
Berkeley chancellor wants more non-whites on campus, despite the law.
Affirmative Action: The Good, The Bad (And the Ugly?), February 23, 2005, Discriminations
Academic blames “stereotype threat” for low grades among university affirmative action admittees.
Law Students Receive Affirmative Action Benefit, February 1, 2005, Daily Mississipian (University of Mississippi)
At Ole Miss, black law students get 73 percent off the normal tuition.
Michigan Voters Support Banning Affirmative Action, January 21, 2005, AP
Ban on affirmative action supported by 53 percent, with 33 percent against.
Anti-Affirmative Action Petition Drive Nearing an End, January 4, 2005, AP
A petition for a ballot to end racial preferences in Michigan is going well.
Color-Blind Progress, December 14, 2004, OpinionJournal
Legal pressure brings many universities to scrap racially exclusive programs.
Rejected White Applicants Seek $1.2-Million in Damages From U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor, December 14, 2004, Chronicle of Higher Education
Lawyers who overturned Michigan racial preference policy now want money for rejected whites.
SLF Warns UGA President Adams: Diversity Does Not Mean Quotas, December 13, 2004, Southeastern Legal Foundation Press Release
Lawyers threaten lawsuit over University of Georgia’s proposed racial preferences program.
DPI Must Restructure Minority Scholarships, December 3, 2004, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Wisconsin government minority scholarship program changed to include whites.
New ‘Preference’ Report Paints Need To Take Action Against Affirmative Action, November 10, 2004, Jewish World Review
New study strikes at the heart of the Supreme Court’s justification for racial preferences.
Does Affirmative Action Hurt Black Law Students?, November 8, 2004, Chronicle of Higher Education
Racial preferences harm blacks by putting them in schools that are too hard for them.
NAS Report Presents Evidence of Need for Colorblind Admissions, October 19, 2004, National Association of Scholars
Group of scholars believes arguments made in support of racial preferences are unsound.