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Legal Experts Await Supreme Court’s Ruling

Does a Black student improve educationally by sitting next to a White student in class?…

December 27, 2006

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Ward Connerly Weighs In As Wisconsin Considers “Holistic” Admissions

MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin state colleges shouldn’t use an applicant’s race to help decide whether he or she gets into school, an affirmative action opponent told a packed committee hearing this week.

December 20, 2006

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Research Roundup: Race Relations in Massachusetts Need Improvement

Despite having elected their first Black governor, a majority of Massachusetts residents rate race relations in the state as “fair” or “poor,” according to a new survey.

December 19, 2006

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Financing College Diversity: Is it a Case Of ‘Robbing Peter to Pay Paul’?

Many readers may be shocked to learn that some of this nation’s colleges and universities practice price…

December 13, 2006

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Research Roundup

New studies show workplace diversity has little effect on employee retention rates and minority actors are possibly being discriminated against as the majority of acting roles are specifically available to Whites.

December 11, 2006

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Wisconsin Regents Consider Rewriting Admissions Policy To Include Race, Income

MADISON, Wis. A proposed rewrite of the freshmen admissions policy for the University of Wisconsin System would de-emphasize class rank and give greater weight to nonacademic factors such as race and income.

December 4, 2006

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments For Voluntary Desegregation

During oral arguments Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court, neither the attorneys fighting race-conscious school assignments, nor the justices in their questioning, suggested that racial diversity was an unimportant goal. The primary issue before the court was whether achieving racial diversity in schools is a compelling enough goal to justify government intervention.

December 4, 2006

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Debate On Desegregation Rages as Supreme Court Begins Oral Arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in two school desegregation cases that could drastically affect race-conscious initiatives in schools across the country. The justices are expected to make a decision this spring.

December 2, 2006

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Getting to the Truth

In recent years, corporate executives and local bar association officials have increasingly questioned why so few…

November 29, 2006

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Getting to the Truth

In recent years, corporate executives and local bar association officials have increasingly questioned…

November 29, 2006

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Achieving K-12 School Diversity Without Considering Race

Over the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of race-conscious…

November 29, 2006

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Boston University Student Group Offers Whites-Only Scholarship

The Boston University chapter of the College Republicans wanted to start a dialogue about racial preferences when members created a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship, the group president told ABC News.

November 26, 2006