February 27, 2004

Affirmative-Action Survey Is Sent on Civil-Rights Panel's Letterhead, if Not Its Imprimatur

By PETER SCHMIDT

A survey of colleges' affirmative-action practices has raised questions about the people sending it out.

Forty selective colleges were sent the survey, which asked for in-depth information about their affirmative-action policies, in recent weeks. The survey is on the letterhead of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which left officials at many of the colleges wondering whether they were obliged to respond.

As it turns out, the appointed eight-member commission never discussed,

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