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Conservatives on campus speak out against ideological intolerance

Dec 13, 2002 · Jon Sanders

“Down with ‘Diversity,'” proclaims the October 2002 cover of New Sense magazine at Duke University, published by the students of the Duke Conservative Union. “Trampling UNC’s Intellectual Diversity,” proclaimed the March 2002 cover of Carolina Review, a conservative student publication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Review cover, which featured a grinning donkey treading underfoot the word “DIVERSITY,” also asked, “If all your professors are Democrats, is Carolina diverse?”

Supreme Court poised to offer long-overdue clarity on racial preferences

Dec 6, 2002 · Jon Sanders

By next June the nation’s highest court could finally issue a much-needed clarification of the constitutionality of using racial considerations in college admissions decisions. The Supreme Court took up two cases in which white applicants argued that their applications to the University of Michigan and its law school were turned down because of their race.

N.C. universities continue to chase diversity, but at what cost?

Nov 27, 2002 · Jon Sanders

The diversity movement continues apace in North Carolina higher education. Universities continue to expend resources in pursuit of diversity, a term generally used to refer to having an appropriate mix of students and faculty of different races, genders, and sexual preferences, as well as course offerings tailored to that mix.

Suggestions for a diversity of provocation at UNC-Chapel Hill

Sep 6, 2002 · Jon Sanders

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser recently told the National Press Club in Washington that the university would continue to pick “provocative” books for its infamous Summer Reading Program. No one asked, “Provocative to whom?”

Survey finds one-sided political affiliation among UNC-Chapel Hill faculty

Mar 28, 2002 · Jon Sanders

A survey of faculty members in nine departments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that over four-fifths are registered Democrats. The results of the survey, conducted by the conservative student magazine Carolina Review for its March issue, called into question UNC-CH’s devotion to diversity.

N.C. State’s new idea of diversity: a ‘conflict of ideas’

Jan 15, 2001 · Jon Sanders

The diversity that N.C. State’s Rupert Nacoste seeks is one that understands that a university is a place for the conflict of ideas.

Racial Preferences, Grade Inflation Hurt Education, Students Say

Apr 20, 2000 · Martin Center Staff

While most students favor ethnic diversity on campus, they oppose compromising fairness and high standards to achieve it, according to new survey by Zogby International. The study, commissioned by the New York-based Foundation for Academic Standards and Tradition (FAST), interviewed 1,004 randomly selected college students nationwide.

Critics of Race Preferences Vindicated by Enrollment Figures

Apr 13, 2000 · Martin Center Staff

The Princeton-based National Association of Scholars (NAS) and the Berkeley-based California Association of Scholars (CAS) last week expressed great satisfaction over enrollment figures released by the University of California. Minority enrollment at the University of California is up despite the banning of race preferential admissions policies there three years ago.

Sign of the Times, UNC-CH more Y2K ready than most

Feb 26, 1999 · Martin Center Staff

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst announced Feb. 18 that it would shift away from using race preferences in its admissions policies. The university will instead consider socioeconomic status and extracurricular activities when deciding whether to admit students and award financial aid.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is at a comparably high level of preparedness for the computer glitch known as the “Year 2000” (Y2K) problem, the campus’s University Gazette is reporting.

The Executive Summary of N.C. State’s Diversity Initiative

Mar 1, 1998 · Jon Sanders

The following is how the Diversity Initiative’s executive summary read as of March 1998.