AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

GENERAL BACKGROUND STORIES

Affirmative-Action Fight Is Renewed in the States (7/18/2003)

'Percent Plans' Don't Add Up (3/21/2003)

Class-Rank Plans Found Lacking (2/28/2003)

U. of California Admissions Changes Retain Academic Quality, Faculty Review Says (11/22/2002)

What States Aren't Saying About the 'X-Percent Solution' (6/2/2000)

U. of Texas Defends the Program Affirmative-Action Foes Love to Attack (6/2/2000)

Who Makes It and Who Doesn't Under Class-Rank Plans (6/2/2000)

Transcript of a discussion with Ward Connerly on the X-Percent Plans (6/2/2000)

How Liable Are Trustees in Affirmative-Action Suits? (2/19/99)

Affirmative Action Is Under Growing Attack in Several States (4/26/96)

Stacking the Deck for Minority Candidates? (7/12/2002)

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Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts

Michigan Minnesota Nevada New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Texas Virginia Washington

Arizona Universities Ordered to Review Affirmative Action (12/8/95)

(See also: University of California )

California Policy Most Helps Hispanic and Rural Applicants (5/31/2002)

U. of California Admits More Minority Students (4/19/2002)

Foe of Affirmative Action Has a New Target (2/23/2001)

Court Ruling Could End Outreach to Minority Students in California (12/15/2000)

A.P. Courses Are New Target in Struggle Over Access to College in California (11/26/99)

California Judge Upholds Law Allowing 2-Year Colleges to Use Hiring Preferences (12/11/98)

What Has Happened to Faculty Diversity in California? (11/20/98)

Supreme Court Refuses Appeal on California Measure Barring Affirmative Action (11/14/97)

Supreme Court Refuses to Block Enforcement of Proposition 209 (9/12/97)

Legal Barriers Removed to California's Ban on Racial Preferences (9/5/97)

Appeals Court Upholds California Measure Barring Racial Preferences (4/18/97)

Judge Blocks California Measure to End Racial Preferences (12/6/96)

Anti-Affirmative-Action Vote Spurs Legal Maneuvering in California (11/22/96)

Racial Diversity Without Racial Preferences (11/15/96)

California Vote to Ban Racial Preferences Sparks Lawsuits, Protests (11/15/96)

Dozens of college presidents in California have declared their opposition to Proposition 209 (11/1/96)

California Ad Using Martin Luther King's Image Angers Students (11/1/96)

An End to Affirmative Action? Californians Prepare to Vote (10/25/96)

California Bill Would Criminalize Preferences in Education (5/3/96)

Vote Likely This Fall on Ending Race Preferences in California (3/1/96)

California's 2-Year Colleges May Adjust Affirmative Action (10/6/95)

California Community College Scales Back Affirmative Action (5/5/95)

University of California:

Broader Admissions Criteria Near Approval at U. of California (11/23/2001)

U. of California Ends Affirmative-Action Ban (5/18/2001)

U. of California Sees Increase in Minority Applicants Admitted (4/14/99)

Berkeley's Admissions Director, Plagued by Debate Over Minority Enrollment, Will Retire (11/12/99)

U.S. Appeals Panel Upholds Race-Based Admissions at a School Run by UCLA (9/24/99)

Conservative Law Students Object to the Atmosphere at Berkeley (4/23/99)

Minority Freshman Admissions Rebound at U. of California (4/16/99)

U. of California to Admit Top 4% From Every High School (4/2/99)

Question on Preferences Leaves a Chancellor Without Easy Answers (4/2/99)

Minority Students Sue Berkeley, Charging Bias in Admissions (2/12/99)

Number of Minority Applicants to Berkeley Drops Sharply (1/29/99)

New Governor Wants U. of California to Admit Top 4% of Students From Each High School (1/15/99)

A Pragmatist, UCLA's Chancellor Runs Into Protests and Politics (12/18/98)

U. of California Computers Will Filter Out References to Race (12/4/98)

Berkeley Struggles to Stay Diverse in Post-Affirmative-Action Era (5/29/98)

88 Students Arrested at UCLA in Protest Over Ban on Racial Preferences (5/29/98)

Berkeley and UCLA See Sharp Drops in Acceptance of Black and Hispanic Applicants (4/10/98)

Minority Admissions Fall on 3 U. of California Campuses", (3/27/98)

University of California Says Minority Enrollment Dropped at Professional Schools (1/30/98)

Alumnus of Berkeley Law School Sues Over Affirmative Action (10/31/97)

Education Dept. Investigates Admissions at U. of California Law Schools (7/25/97)

Berkeley Law School to Enroll Only 1 Black First-Year Student (7/11/97)

Berkeley Students Protest California Law Barring Affirmative Action (5/9/97)

New Graduate-Admissions Policy at U. of California Is Called Biased (3/28/97)

U. of California Regent Pushes for Anonymous Applications (3/21/97)

Number of Minority Students Applying to U. of California Plunges (2/14/97)

With Suits Pending, U. of California to Consider Race in Admissions (1/10/97)

Judge Says U. of California Must Stop Complying With Proposition 209 (12/20/96)

Affirmative-Action Suit Against U. of California Regents to Proceed (4/26/96)

U. of California Regents Accused of Pulling Strings for Applicants)

Education Dept. Clears Berkeley of Charge of Admissions Quotas (3/29/96)

U. of California Professional Schools Debate End of Race Preferences (3/22/96)

U. of California Chief Won't Delay Ban on Race Preferences (2/9/96)

U. of California Delays End of Policies Based on Race (2/2/96)

U. of California to Maintain Minority-Recruitment Efforts (1/26/96)

U. of California Ponders Alternatives to Racial Preferences (1/12/96)

U. of California Deals With Aftermath of Affirmative-Action Vote (12/15/95)

52 Affirmative-Action Supporters Arrested at U. of California (12/1/95)

California Students Fast 15 Days for Affirmative Action (11/10/95)

California's New President Assumes the Hot Seat (10/20/95)

California Students Rally for Affirmative Action (10/20/95)

Berkeley Pledges to Promote Diversity Without Racial Preferences (9/15/95)

California Regent Blasts Critics of Affirmative-Action Vote (9/8/95)

White House Drops Threat to Block Funds for U. of California (8/11/95)

Opponents of Racial Preferences Buoyed by California Decision (8/4/95)

Berkeley Students Angered by Regents' Ban on Affirmative Action (8/4/95)

Academics Assess Effect of New Ban on Racial Preferences ( 8/4/95)

University of California Ends Race-Based Hirings, Admissions," (7/28/95)

Man Behind California Proposal Has Felt Racism's Sting (7/28/95)

University of California Retreats on Racial Preferences (7/21/95)

Suit Challenges Affirmative Action at University of California (6/16/95)

A Jolt From Sacramento (6/9/95)

University of California Mulls Impact of Affirmative-Action Ban (5/26/95)

Battle Over Affirmative Action (3/17/95)

Colorado Report Criticizes Colleges' Diversity Plans (4/23/99)

Avoid Race-Based Scholarships, Colorado Official Tells Colleges (1/5/96)

Affirmative Action in Connecticut: U.S. says plan limited to blacks and Hispanics violated federal civil-rights law (10/5/94)

At U. of Delaware, Professors Spar Over Racial Preferences and Free Speech (10/29/99)

Minority Enrollment in Florida Remains Unchanged (9/20/2002)

U. of Florida to Open Its Doors to Top 5% of Each High-School Graduating Class (3/22/2002)

Scholars Say Florida Governor's Plan to End Affirmative Action Hurt Bush in Election (11/24/2000)

Florida's Universities See Rise in Minority Enrollment After End of Racial Preferences (9/8/2000)

Thousands Protest Florida Plan on Racial Preferences in Admissions (3/17/2000)

Florida Regents Adopt Plan to End Racial Preferences in Admissions (2/25/2000)

Education Dept. Denies It Backs Florida Plan to End Affirmative Action (2/4/2000)

Lawmakers' Sit-In Spurs Delay in Florida Affirmative-Action Vote (1/28/2000)

Florida Officials Move to Delay End of Affirmative Action in Graduate Admissions (12/17/99)

Florida's University System Plans to End Affirmative Action in Admissions (11/19/99)

Florida Plan to End Racial Preferences in Admissions Attracts Attention -- and Criticism (11/26/99)

A Quiet End to the Use of Race in College Admissions in Florida (12/3/99)

Dismissing Reverse-Bias Lawsuit, Judge Lashes Out at U. of Georgia Policies (7/23/99)

Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge to Policies of Public Black Colleges in Georgia (3/26/99)

Judge Rules That U. of Georgia Gave Unconstitutional Preferences to Black Applicants (1/22/99)

Civil-Rights Groups Seek to Intervene in Georgia Lawsuit (7/3/97)

New Lawsuits May Help Decide Legality of Affirmative Action (3/21/97)

Lawsuit Attacks Race-Based Policies in U. System of Georgia (3/14/97)

Georgia Attorney General Urges Colleges to Curb Affirmative Action (4/19/96)

Indiana U. Law School Defends Affirmative Action (6/6/2003)

Affirmative-Action Debate in Kentucky (10/12/94)

Affirmative Action Survives at Colleges in Some States Covered by Hopwood Ruling (4/24/98)

Louisiana Governor Bans Racial Preferences; Colleges Unaffected (1/26/96)

Tulane Embarks on 3-Year Affirmative-Action Plan (11/3/95)

U. of Massachusetts Limits Racial Preferences, Despite Vow to Increase Minority Enrollment (3/5/99)

Boston Schools Won't Appeal Court's Ban on Racial Preferences (2/12/99)

Massachusetts Governor Endorses Affirmative Action (6/30/95)

U. of Michigan Turns to Scholars to Bolster Its Defense of Affirmative Action (4/2/99)

U. of Michigan Study Finds High Educational Value in Racial Diversity (3/26/99)

U. of Michigan Prepares to Defend Admissions Policy in Court (10/30/98)

U. of Michigan Changes the Way It Considers Race and Ethnicity in Admissions (2/27/98)

U.S. Supreme Court May Have Another Chance to Rule on Affirmative Action (12/12/97)

Suit Challenges Affirmative Action in Admissions at U. of Michigan (10/24/97)

U. of Michigan to Reassess Admissions Formula's Use of Race (9/26/97)

U. of Michigan Says It Won't Report Some Statistics on Race (9/5/97)

Legislators Plan to Sue U. of Michigan Over Bias in Admissions (5/16/97)

Proposals to End Racial Preferences Gain Support in Michigan (7/28/95)

U. of Minnesota May Alter Program Used to Recruit Minority Students (2/6/98)

U. of Minnesota Reassesses Its Race-Based Scholarships (11/17/95)

U.S. Supreme Court May Have Another Chance to Rule on Affirmative Action (12/12/97)

Union College Limits Search for 4 New Faculty Slots to Black and Hispanic Scholars (4/16/99)

North Carolina Student's Bias Lawsuit Dismissed as Frivolous (5/16/97)

Push to Recruit White Students Angers Many at Black University (4/5/96)

Job Applicant Sues Bowling Green U. and Accreditor for Bias (7/12/96)

Ohio State U. Agrees to Stop Minority Set-Aside Program (4/5/96)

Oregon Agrees to Change Tuition Waivers for Minority Students (6/20/97)

Pennsylvania University System Weighs Admissions Plan Based on Class Rank (4/7/2000)

Texas Falls Behind in Plan to Enroll More Minority Students (1/17/2003)

Texas A&M Scraps Admissions Plan (3/15/2002)

Small Number of High Schools Produces Half of Students at U. of Texas at Austin (4/13/2001)

U. of Texas Defends the Program Affirmative-Action Foes Love to Attack (6/2/2000)

Airlines Donate Tickets to Help 25 Black Applicants Visit U. of Texas Law School (4/28/2000)

Texas Colleges Seek New Ways to Attract Minority Students (11/19/99)

Why Minority Recruiting Is Alive and Well in Texas (11/19/99)

Texas Attorney General Rescinds Opinion Barring Race-Exclusive Scholarships (9/17/99)

Texas Bill Would Bar Admissions Preferences for Alumni Relatives (2/5/99)

U. of Texas at Austin Ends Minority-Hiring Program (1/15/99)

U. of Texas Board of Regents to Appeal 'Hopwood' Ruling (5/29/98)

Texas Attorney General Declines to Appeal Hopwood Ruling (5/8/98)

Texas Lawmakers Take Activist Role on Higher-Education Issues (6/13/97)

No Black Students Say They Will Enter Texas Law School's Class (5/30/97)

Texas's State Colleges to Admit Top 10% of High-School Classes (5/23/97)

Texan Says Athletes Are Being Exempted From Race-Blind Policy (5/16/97)

NIH and Texas A&M U. Sued Over Race-Based Apprenticeships (3/7/97)

U. of Texas Settles Lawsuit on Race-Based Admissions (2/28/97)

Texas Attorney General Bars Affirmative Action at Colleges (2/14/97)

Ignoring Advice, U. of Houston Offers Race-Based Scholarship (1/31/97)

High Court Rejects Appeal of Ruling on Texas Admissions Policy (7/12/96)

Justice Dept. Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action (6/7/96)

Black Students Seek to Enter Court Case on Affirmative Action (5/24/96)

Texas Asks High Court to Uphold Legality of Affirmative Action (5/10/96)

1992 Desegregation Ruling May Aid Affirmative Action's Defense (5/10/96)

Appeals Court Suspends Order Barring Use of Race in Admissions (5/3/96)

Affirmative-Action Battle Leaves Minority Students in Limbo (5/3/96)

Colleges Vow to Defend Affirmative Action (4/5/96)

Appeals Court Bars Racial Preference in College Admissions (3/29/96)

Students Split on Affirmative Action at U. of Texas Law School (3/29/96)

Suit Tests an Affirmative-Action Program (2/9/94)

Runaway Board?: Unilateral actions at Virginia Tech raise questions about the proper role of trustees (3/28/2003)

In a Memo, Virginia Colleges Are Advised to Avoid Race-Conscious Admissions Policies (5/17/2002)

U. of Washington Expects Fewer Black Freshmen (5/28/99)

Black Applications Fall at U. of Washington Law School (3/26/99)

Judge Affirms Validity of 'Bakke' in U. of Washington Affirmative-Action Lawsuit (2/26/99)

Federal Judge Narrows Scope of Affirmative-Action Suit Against U. of Washington (2/19/99)

Washington Governor Urges Colleges to Pursue Diversity as Ban on Preferences Begins (12/18/98)

Foes of Preferences Try a Referendum in Washington State (10/30/98)

Racial and Gender Preferences Challenged in Washington State (1/16/98)

New Lawsuits May Help Decide Legality of Affirmative Action (3/21/97)

Lawsuit Challenges Affirmative Action at U. of Washington (3/14/97)

The University of Michigan: Defending Diversity or Discrimination?

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