How Liable Are Trustees in Affirmative-Action Suits?

By SARA HEBEL

Boards receive conflicting advice on impact of federal court rulings and state immunity laws

With legal threats against them mounting, trustees of public and private colleges alike are hearing mixed and vague messages about how much they personally have at stake in lawsuits aimed at their institutions' affirmative-action policies.

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A Group Attacking Affirmative Action Seeks Help From Trustees and Students - February 5, 1999
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of a Decision That Cited 'Bakke' to Defend Affirmative Action - June 8, 2001
Supreme Court Declines to Review Affirmative Action in Higher Education - May 29, 2001
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Use of Affirmative Action in Admissions - December 15, 2000
Ending racial preferences in admissions - September 4, 2001

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