July 20, 2001

College Groups Join Fight Against U.S. Rule That Could Put Employers on Blacklist

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

Several higher-education lobbying groups are joining a campaign by business groups to revoke a federal regulation that widens the grounds upon which a federal contractor can refuse to award a contract to a college or a company.

The lobbying groups describe the expansion of the measure, which centers on business ethics, as "draconian" and say it could result in colleges with admirable records being put on a blacklist.

Union organizers, however, are fighting to preserve the

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