A professor recounts how UCLA blocked his investigation of its racial preference policy
A professor recounts how UCLA blocked his investigation of its racial preference policy
Should top American colleges start giving group preferences based on place rather than race?
Aug 13, 2014 ·
George Leef
Should top American colleges start giving group preferences based on place rather than race?
Another awful affirmative action ruling could send the issue back to the Supreme Court.
Jul 18, 2014 ·
Jennifer Gratz
Another awful affirmative action ruling could send the issue back to the Supreme Court.
The University of Wisconsin’s latest diversity plan calls for “equity” in high-demand majors and the distribution of grades.
Jul 16, 2014 ·
W. Lee Hansen
The University of Wisconsin’s latest diversity plan calls for “equity” in high-demand majors and the distribution of grades.
How Affirmative Action Could Die at UNC
May 12, 2014 ·
Harry Painter
Still waiting for a decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, Ed Blum hunts for more plaintiffs.
Racial Preferences Are Falling
Apr 30, 2014 ·
Roger Clegg
The Supreme Court’s Schuette decision reflects the waning support for policies that favor certain groups just to increase “diversity.”
Bullying or Caving In?
Mar 31, 2014 ·
Ben Cohen
A report claims that the philosophy department at the University of Colorado-Boulder harasses its female faculty.
A Weak Defense of an Obsolete Idea
Apr 6, 2010 ·
Martin Morse Wooster
A new book defending affirmative action fails on many levels.
Affirmative Action, the Stealth Version
Feb 8, 2009 ·
Jay Schalin
The University of California’s new admissions policies are an end-run around the state’s race-blind laws.
Connerly says it is time for America to be colorblind when it comes to race
Oct 18, 2006 ·
Shannon Blosser
RALEIGH – As a member of the University of California Board of Regents, Ward Connerly experienced pressure to increase diversity on the campuses of the university system. After a 12-year term that ended in 2005, he still doesn’t know what the system was seeking.
“There was a lot of mindless blather about celebrating diversity,” Connerly said about his period on the board. “When I left, I didn’t know more about diversity. I asked a lot of questions. I could never get an answer that made sense to me.”
Connerly was the keynote speaker at the recent Pope Center Conference on “Diversity: How Much and What Kinds Do Universities Need?” held in Raleigh at the Brownstone Inn. As a regent, Connerly successfully fought for the elimination of race-based admission practices at the University of California. He also led a successful statewide campaign in 1996 to adopt Proposition 209, which prevented the state government from giving preferential treatment based on race. Today he is supporting a similar initiative in Michigan.