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Open attacks on programs benefitting people of color – Impact 1996

California Passes Proposition 209

July 4, 2007

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Supreme Court Ruling Denounced by Democratic Presidential Candidates

WASHINGTON A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Thursday night and said the nation’s slow march to racial unity is far from over.

June 29, 2007

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How the Supreme Court’s Decision Yesterday Impacts Higher Ed

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court limited public school districts’ use of race in school assignments. While the deciding justices plainly state numerous times in their opinion that the ruling will not affect higher education, the four dissenting liberals argued that the court’s decision “tacitly” overrules Grutter v. Bollinger, which upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s affirmative action admissions policy in 2003.

June 28, 2007

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ABA Conference the Stage for Affirmative Action Debate

BOSTON Is the dearth of minority lawyers at elite law firms a result of racism or of faulty affirmative action programs? In a debate yesterday, David B. Wilkins, a Harvard University law professor, and Richard H. Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, sought to address the reasons for Black underrepresentation in elite law firms. In 2005, non-White attorneys made up only 4.6 percent of partners at the nation’s largest law firms, according to the National Association for Law Placement.

June 28, 2007

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Affirmative Action Debate: Clegg vs. Shaw

WASHINGTON, D.C. The debate over whether racial diversity can be a “compelling interest” to justify the use of race in public school admissions will come to an end this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rules in two cases on voluntary desegregation.

June 26, 2007

Latinx

Students vow to oppose Proposition 209 – special report: health sciences

The weekend after the elections, approximately 1,600 Chicano students met at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) for the regularly scheduled fall statewide MEChA conference.

June 23, 2007

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Election reflections – special report: health sciences

What happens when a shaky bridge to the future seems determined to fuse with a nostalgic look to the past? That is a jarring question to ask in the wake of the 1996 election and the Democratic Presidential victory, but since President William Jefferson Clinton is determined to push aspects of a Republican platform, it is the appropriate question.

June 23, 2007

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Black Economics 101: clout, class, and courage – black economic power

No matter who won on November 5 (Black Issues went to press before the election), the African American community is in dire need of a heavy dose of economic education.

June 23, 2007

Community Colleges

California faces a watershed election issue – Proposition 209

A bottle and rock-throwing melee at a California college last month returned the spotlight to the state’s initiative to end affirmative action.

June 23, 2007

Community Colleges

No matter who wins, the game will change – effect of the 1996 elections on US educational policy

Voters may lack enthusiasm for the 1996 election, pollsters and pundits say but a quick check of presidential and congressional races finds education advocates with plenty of reasons to watch–and worry–in the months ahead.

June 23, 2007

Students

Students play a major role at historic Latino march on Washington

College and university students were a major force at the first-ever national civil and human rights rally to concentrate on Latino issues. The two-day event, which included a march and a student conference, was held in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.   Leticia Villareal, a student at Vassar and the administrative chair of East Coast […]

June 23, 2007

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Battles won and a war lost – possibly – conflict between the executive and the legislative branches of government

This Elizabeth Drew offering demonstrates an adage of politics: There are no final victories.

June 23, 2007