First news item from last week: “The Justice Department today announced it has reached an agreement with officials of the Colorado Judicial Department to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) individuals seeking services throughout Colorado’s state court system will have access to timely and competent language assistance,” according to the Civil Rights Division’s press release here . Related posts: 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 Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners We Need More …
Wal-Mart Case Is a Victory for Consumers
The Supreme Court handed down a big win for American consumers this week, though the case had nothing to do with consumer protection. The court’s decision involved the rules for determining what constitutes a proper class of plaintiffs, representing not just those individuals who have come forward to allege illegal behavior but others who have been similarly harmed. Related posts: 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 HP Mandates Quotas Roger Clegg testifies regarding H.R. 40 Five Mistakes Some Conservatives Are Making …
Back to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court may have an opportunity to do some good soon in the fight against preferential treatment based on race and ethnicity. That’s because last Friday the petition for rehearing en banc (that is, asking the full court of appeals to rehear the case after a panel decision) was denied in Fisher v. University of Texas. Related posts: 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 Obama Issues Executive Order on Diversity Here’s Linda Chavez on The O’Reilly Factor Update on the …
New and Un-Improved Justification for Affirmative Action
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently had a piece by Professor Elizabeth Anderson titled “Affirmative Action Is about Helping All of Us,” in which she laments “the same tired arguments on the left” that are being used to defend affirmative action in higher education, and then proposes her own new and (supposedly) improved theory to be used in defending such discrimination from those attacks by “the right that reflect ignorance of the realities of race in America.” Related posts: Why Racial Preferences Remain Wrongheaded Update on the Struggle against Universities’ Affirmative Discrimination TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER …
Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at Two Ohio Public Universities
Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at Two Ohio Public Universities Related posts: Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at Two Ohio Public Universities Getting serious about racial discrimination Preferences in Maryland Higher Education: Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at Maryland Four-Year Public Colleges and Universities Preferences in Maryland Higher Education
The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative: Separating Fact from Fiction
The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative: Separating Fact from Fiction Related posts: 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 The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative: Separating Fact from Fiction We Need More Bills Like This Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners
Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Admission at the University of Nebraska College of Law
Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Admission at the University of Nebraska College of Law Related posts: Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative Passes Overwhelmingly Keeping an Eye on College Admission Officers Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Admission at the Univ. of Nebraska College of Law The College Admissions Scandal and Racial Preferences
Racial and Ethnic Preferences at Arizona State University College of Law
Racial and Ethnic Preferences at Arizona State University College of Law Related posts: Racial and Ethnic Preferences at University of Arizona College of Law CEO Releases New Studies Documenting Racial and Ethnic Preferences in U of A and ASU Admissions Racial and Ethnic Preferences at Arizona State University College of Law Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners
Racial and Ethnic Preferences at University of Arizona College of Law
Racial and Ethnic Preferences at University of Arizona College of Law Related posts: CEO Releases New Studies Documenting Racial and Ethnic Preferences in U of A and ASU Admissions The College Admissions Scandal and Racial Preferences Racial and Ethnic Preferences at Arizona State University College of Law Racial and Ethnic Preferences at Arizona State University College of Law
CEO Releases New Studies Documenting Racial and Ethnic Preferences in U of A and ASU Admissions
The study is based on data supplied by the universities themselves. The study was prepared by Dr. Althea Nagai, a resident fellow at CEO, and can be viewed on the organization’s website, www.ceousa.org . The executive summaries of the studies are attached. CEO chairman Linda Chavez said: “Racial discrimination in university admissions is always appalling. But the degree of discrimination we have found here, at both schools but especially at Arizona State, is off the charts.” She noted that the odds ratio favoring African Americans over whites was 250 to 1 at the University of Arizona and 1115 to 1 …