Pervasive Preferences 2.0

Althea NagaiDocuments, Education

Years ago, Robert Lerner and I produced many studies of racial and ethnic preferences in public higher education for the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO). In 2001, we summarized these individual statistical reports in “Pervasive Preferences.” This report, “Pervasive Preferences 2.0,” is a statistical compilation of the undergraduate and law school reports that I’ve done since Grutter v. Bollinger (2003). Part I covers preferences in undergraduate admissions. Part II summarizes the findings of preferences in law school admissions. Related posts: Good Briefs in the Harvard Case Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners …

Campus Diversity and Student Discontent: The Costs of Race and Ethnic Preferences in College Admissions

Althea NagaiDocuments, Racial Preferences

Read now [PDF]: Campus Diversity and Student Discontent: The Costs of Race and Ethnic Preferences in College Admissions The Supreme Court has declared that campus diversity creates numerous education benefits and that race could be used as a factor in pursuit of diversity. As a result, many colleges and universities pass over white and Asian American applicants with better academic preparation, favoring blacks and (to a lesser extent) Hispanics. Research shows however that racial preference policies create a mismatch of academic qualifications between minorities receiving preferences and the rest of their entering class, and the academic disparities continue throughout college. Especially in the …

If California Restores Race Discrimination: Implications for Higher Education

CEO StaffDocuments

If California Restores Race Discrimination: Implications for Higher Education Related posts: New CEO Report: If California Restores Race Discrimination: Implications for Higher Education Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT We Need More Bills Like This

Brnovich Amicus Brief

Roger CleggDocuments, Voting Rights

The Center for Equal Opportunity recently joined and helped write amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to grant review in two cases involving voting rights.  In each we opposed court of appeals decisions that required state and local jurisdictions to engage in politically correct race-based decisionmaking in their voting laws and practices. Brnovich Amicus Brief In addition, in one of these cases, CEO board member and former president and general counsel Roger Clegg had this amicus brief filed on his behalf and others’ in their capacity as former officials of the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division: https://publicinterestlegal.org/files/19-1257-Amicus-Brief.pdf Related …

Higginson v. Becerra amicus brief

CEO StaffDocuments

Higginson v. Becerra amicus brief Related posts: CEO Files Amicus Brief in Donor-Disclosure Case Brnovich Amicus Brief Our Amicus Brief in a Felon Voting Case Amicus Brief: Adarand v. Mineta

SFFA v. Harvard amicus brief

CEO StaffDocuments

SFFA v. Harvard amicus brief Related posts: Waiting for the ‘Termination Point’ The Latest Affirmative Action Suit May Succeed Where Others Failed Good Briefs in the Harvard Case Investigating Discrimination at Harvard

Edits on the EO 11,246 Regulations

CEO StaffDocuments

These are the edits on the EO 11,246 regulations mentioned in Roger Clegg, “Unfinished Business: The Bush Administration and Racial Preferences”, 32 Harv.J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 971,989 (2009) (discussed in Part III.B., “The Bush Administration, Executive Order 11246’s Regulations, and the Law”). This law review article is posted on CEO’s website:  http://ceousa.org/attachments/article/1116/George%20W%20Bush%20Retrospective%202009.pdf  Related posts: Bad Old Regulations Suggested Reading on Civil Rights Issues TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT Illegal Labor Department Affirmative-Action Regulations

Racial Discrimination at Virginia Universities

CEO StaffPress Releases

STUDY FINDS PREFERENCES IN ADMISSIONS AT FIVE VIRGINIA SCHOOLS Washington, DC, September, 2019 – A new study on the use of racial and ethnic preferences released today by the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) finds discrimination in admissions at five Virginia public universities: the University of Virginia, William & Mary, James Madison University, Virginia Tech, and George Mason University. CEO uncovered a significant amount of discrimination, particularly at the University of Virginia and William & Mary. Since its founding in 1995, CEO has obtained data from schools through state freedom-of-information laws, analyzed what we found, and released dozens of such …

Preferences in Virginia Higher Education 2019

CEO StaffDocuments

Preferences in Virginia Higher Education Related posts: The Felon Vote Preferences in Virginia Higher Education Racial Discrimination at Virginia Universities Minority Access to Higher Education

Stuart Taylor, Jr.

CEO StaffMeet the Staff

Of Counsel and Senior Fellow Stuart Taylor, Jr. is an author and freelance journalist focusing on legal and policy issues including unfairness and excessive punishment in the criminal justice system.  He has coauthored three critically acclaimed books and has written since 1980 for leading publications includingThe New York Times, American Lawyer Media, National Journal, Newsweek, RealClearPolitics, and many other newspapers and magazines. He has been interviewed on all major broadcast networks and has won numerous journalism honors. In 2017, KC Johnson and Taylor wrote The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities. In 2012, Richard Sander and Taylor wrote Mismatch: How …