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Smith, Susan – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
The homepage of the Project on Fair Representation (POFR) features a smiling photo of Abigail Fisher, the young White woman at the center of "Fisher v. the University of Texas," which could end race as a criterion in university admissions. Edward Blum, founder of POFR, a conservative advocacy group, connected Fisher with Wiley Rein LLP,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, Lawyers, Affirmative Action
Rodriguez, Roberto – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1994
Leading Latino American educational and advocacy groups support college and university scholarship programs that target specific non-white groups, despite a federal court decision, Podberesky v Kirwin, that one such University of Maryland program was racially discriminatory. Most feel dismantling the scholarship programs would limit minority…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Attitudes