May 19, 2006
The Bush White House Picks Its Civil-Rights Fights Carefully
The president's appointees mix caution with conservatism in handling colleges' disputes over race and gender
Five months into her job as the Education Department's assistant secretary for civil rights, Stephanie J. Monroe seems disinclined to express strong opinions or issue bold policy pronouncements. Her plans for her agency's Office for Civil Rights are driven more by bureaucratic needs than ideology.
As she sat down for a recent interview surrounded by press officers, she
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