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Former Admissions Official Leads Fight Against Affirmative Action in Missouri

Tim Asher sat calmly and appeared unfazed moments before he was to address a roomful of Hispanic leaders, some of whom were likely to be hostile to his message that Missouri should end affirmative action programs based on race and gender.

May 5, 2008

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Controversies Crop Up Around Commencement Speaker Selections

NAACP chairman Julian Bond and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are the subjects of much scrutiny as they prepare to deliver commencement speeches this month at two East Coast universities.

May 4, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Professor Sues Students for Character Defamation

Amidst claims that he unfairly targets Black students and disparages affirmative action, an Arkansas law professor is suing two students who he says have damaged his reputation.

April 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Twenty-Nine Years of Being on the Front Lines Of Affirmative Action

Twenty-nine years ago when I started working in this field, I knew little and had no exposure to the underpinnings of this difficult compensatory process called affirmative action. I sought friends who were working in the field and began a process of acquiring all the knowledge I could about the laws and what they were intended to do.

April 30, 2008

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Letters

Highlighting the Land of Lincoln I want to thank you for choosing to feature Illinois in the April 3 edition. The articles were informative and effective in highlighting many of the good things that are occurring in our state. Thanks for your attention. — Terry Nunn Deputy Director for Diversity and Outreach Illinois Board of […]

April 30, 2008

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American Association for Affirmative Action Conference Highlights Policy Action Themes

Last week, the American Association for Affirmative Action held its 34th annual conference in the Washington, D.C., area in a bid to influence Capitol Hill policymakers during a pivotal election year.

April 29, 2008

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India’s Top Court Upholds Government Affirmative Action Plan for Lower-caste Students

NEW DELHI  India’s top court on Thursday upheld an affirmative action program reserving more than a quarter of the seats at the country’s top government-funded schools for members of the lower castes. The Supreme Court, however, ruled that lower-caste students belonging to financially well-off families should not be allowed to benefit from the program. A […]

April 10, 2008

Latinx

Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds

A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.

April 8, 2008

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Connerly Campaign Surrenders in Oklahoma

The campaign to ban affirmative action in five states has suffered its first loss with Ward Connerly, chief backer of the effort, saying Monday he is abandoning the Oklahoma campaign for lack of enough signatures on petitions to get the issue on the November voting ballot.

April 7, 2008

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Empowering Hispanic Scholars To Navigate the Academy

A Northeastern Illinois University program seeks to fill the pipeline with Hispanic faculty, administrators.

April 2, 2008

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‘Antipreference’ Campaigns Heat Up

Ward Connerly is working to end affirmative action programs in five states, but opponents are fighting back.

April 2, 2008

Latinx

Northeastern Illinois University Program Seeks to Empower Hispanic Scholars

In Spanish, the word “enlace” is defined as a mechanism that unites two or more things or elements together.

April 1, 2008