The Supreme Court's recent legal reinterpretation of desegregation requirements for "de jure" segregated states and its finding (in "United States vs. Fordice") of continued segregation in Mississippi is being used by civil lights activists to compel redesign of effective remedies, monitor progress, and increase racial…

Argues that, when the results of downsizing affect blacks, it is assumed they will accept them, but when downsizing affects whites, they are ready to litigate and that the level of the employee's qualifications appears to be irrelevant. Suggests that the buy-out agreements in the Taxman v. Piscataway case deserve challenge. (MSE)

Presents the views of four white graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley who do not support the recent elimination of affirmative action policies for job applicants and student admissions. Their opinions argue that white men should support equity in education and society. (SLD)

The report of the American Association of University Professors' ad hoc Commission on Governance and Affirmative Action concerning the University of California's decision to end affirmative action in admissions, hiring, and awarding of contracts is presented. It outlines the events leading to the policy action, considers the educational impacts,…

Reviews the historical roots of affirmative action, its intended purposes, and actual outcomes. Suggests that its original goal of neutralizing race has been broadened to the advancement of it. Reviews arguments for and against the broadened interpretation, arguing that it represents only part of the solution for achieving equality. (16…

An interview with the new president of the American Council on Education (ACE), Stanley O. Ikenberry, elicits his thoughts on current challenges facing higher education, upcoming changes for ACE, policy issues, student learning outcomes, educational technology, affirmative action, the relationship of higher education to the corporate world,…

Examines the emergence and fragmentation of the panethnic Local in Hawaiian interracial relations. It explores, within the fractious debate over affirmative action in the 1970s and 1980s, the underrepresented island minorities' challenging of the privileged Local elite that intensified inter-Asian-Pacific tensions and fragmented the panethnic…

Presents an ethnographic study of the Asian Business Association in San Diego (California) highlighting the role that well-educated first generation immigrants play in pan-Asian economic mobilization. It examines how the first and subsequent generations challenged the institutionalized economic barriers in order to protect and promote their…

Regarding the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, addresses: (1) "What did the Supreme Court rule in 'Grutter' and 'Gratz'"?; "How are the rulings a departure?"; (2) impact of state referenda prohibiting race-conscious admissions; (3) ways of dealing with admissions and financial aid post-"Grutter"; and…

Argues that sound development programs have contributed to the community college's relative success in hiring minority administrators. Describes programs in four categories: university doctorates, higher education association programs, programs sponsored by minority higher education associations, and professional development programs designed by…

Compares two groups of Mexican Americans with high social standing and educational achievements, but opposing world views: a small group of conservative thinkers who oppose affirmative action and believe mobility in American society devolves from individual merit, and the 1960s Chicana/o political generation, which has gained no prominence in the…

While Texas officials scramble to adopt race-neutral admissions and financial aid policies in the public higher education systems, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights has opened an inquiry into system compliance with civil rights legislation. Texas is the only state that prohibits affirmative action in higher education…

Examines the justice claims made by opponents and proponents of affirmative action and argues the need to consider the scope of justice embedded in the affirmative action debate. It describes the scope of justice, factors causing its change over time, its application to the affirmative action controversy, and presents a table clarifying the…

Discusses recent research on the attitudes of employees who are affected by affirmative action to determine whether societal-level beliefs about discrimination lead to policy endorsement among individuals whose career outcomes are at stake. Suggests there is more endorsement than "backlash" against affirmative action, and discusses the…

Explores U.S. Supreme Court rationale in judging the constitutionality of affirmative action cases and why the theory used in its decisions is at odds with the formal theory and research on social psychology of affirmative action procedures. The scientific work indicates procedural conditions that the Court would find social psychologically…