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Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting Diversity

Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting DiversityA federal district judge ruled late last month that three White female applicants denied admission to the University of Georgia in 1999 should be offered admission to the institution this fall, effectively ending the university’s policy of giving special consideration to minority applicants.In his […]

August 16, 2000

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GM Backs U Mich. Minority Admissions

GM Backs U Mich. Minority AdmissionsGeneral Motors Corp. is publicly supporting the University of Michigan’s minority admissions programs, the subject of two federal class-action lawsuits. Eliminating affirmative action would deprive businesses of well-trained minority candidates and reduce campus diversity, GM officials said in a friend-of-the-court brief filed last month in U.S. District Court. Two 1997 […]

August 16, 2000

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Florida Judge Deals Blow to Minority Admissions

Florida Judge Deals Blow to Minority AdmissionsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An administrative hearing judge upheld a state plan to ban consideration of race in college admissions last month, rejecting a challenge by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP challenged the change on behalf of a Black high school sophomore from Miami. […]

August 2, 2000

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Despite Outreach Efforts, UC Schools See Low Minority EnrollmentLOS ANGELES — Black and Hispanic enrollment at the Universities of California has not increased significantly despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the outreach programs that replaced affirmative action. Over the past five years, the percentage of Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians who enrolled at […]

June 7, 2000

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Morgan State Blocks Competing Doctoral ProgramsBALTIMORE  —  New doctoral programs at Baltimore-area public universities have been put on hold at the urging of Morgan State University officials, prompting critics to claim the school is using its historically Black status to block competition from other schools. The first doctoral programs at Towson University and the University […]

May 24, 2000

Native Americans

California’s Minority Enrollment Is Up , But That’s Only Part of the Story

California’s Minority Enrollment Is Up ,  But That’s Only Part of the StoryBERKELEY, Calif. — The number of Black and Hispanic freshmen admitted to the University of California system has rebounded to the level it was when race and gender preferences were still in place.However, much of the recovery is because more Blacks and Hispanics […]

April 26, 2000

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Pennsylvania Toys With Guaranteed Admissions

Pennsylvania Toys With Guaranteed AdmissionsHARRISBURG, Pa. — In an effort to boost minority enrollment, officials at the state university system here are considering guaranteeing admission to all students in Pennsylvania who graduate in the top 15 percent of their high school classes.But the proposal comes on the heels of a report recently released by the […]

April 26, 2000

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California Lt. Gov. Seeks to Repair Damaged Diversity

California Lt. Gov. Seeks to Repair Damaged Diversity   BERKELEY, Calif.  —  As lieutenant governor, Cruz Bustamante has watched in dismay as Hispanic and Black enrollment at the University of California has tumbled. As a member of the university system’s board of regents, he thinks he knows a way to reverse the trend. Bustamante is suggesting […]

April 12, 2000

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Judge OKs Settlement in White Student’s Discrimination SuitTULSA, Okla. — A federal judge earlier this month approved a settlement in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a White student who contended that Oklahoma higher-education officials unfairly denied him a scholarship.University of Tulsa student Matthew Pollard filed his lawsuit against the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education […]

March 29, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Hit and Myth: Conference examines successes, fallacies of affirmative action

Hit and Myth: Conference examines successes, fallacies of affirmative actionCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —  Ever since Hopwood  vs. Texas, the court decision that nullified minority admissions practices at the University of Texas Law School, the pundits have gleefully predicted the demise of campus affirmative action programs.But if a recent conference held at the University of  Virginia provides […]

March 15, 2000

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Judge Refuses to Stop UGA Preferences While Case Is PendingSAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge has denied a motion that would have prevented the University of Georgia from continuing to use race as one of the factors for admitting borderline students while a class action lawsuit wends its way through the court. The motion for […]

March 1, 2000

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California Regent Wants to Repeal

California Regent Wants to Repeal BERKELEY, Calif. — In a move that is largely symbolic, a University of California Regent said last month that he is preparing a proposal to reverse the university’s groundbreaking ban on the use of racial and gender preferences in admissions decisions.And in a related development, Berkeley officials announced that applications […]

February 16, 2000