May 19, 2000

Controversial Poll Shows That Connecticut Professors Oppose Affirmative Action

The University of Connecticut is investigating how its survey-research center does its job, after the center's pollsters found that a majority of professors at the state's public colleges oppose affirmative action.

Some faculty members argued that the survey was rigged. One question asked, "Do you feel that the University of Connecticut should or should not grant preference to one candidate over another in faculty employment decisions on the basis of race,

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