Describes how the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action in the University of Michigan cases have college officials scratching their heads. (EV)

Argues that most Americans, in support of a shared dream of truly equal opportunity, are choosing to amend, not end, affirmative action. (SR)

This letter to Harvard University's new president compares what he pledged in his inaugural address to what has actually occurred, noting that the true tests of his leadership will be his handling of ROTC, grade inflation, and affirmative action and suggesting that the greatest threat to the university is balkanization into warring factions…

Examined recruitment data for the United States Missile Command from years 1978-1984 to ascertain whether or not the Veterans' Readjustment Program presented a barrier to recruitment of women. Found adverse effects on recruitment of women, noting recruitment efforts successful with one population may present barriers to another. (Author/ABL)

Cites evidence that Black families have been negatively affected at every income stratum by conservative economic, tax, and social policies. Notes three areas of concern: deemphasis on affirmative action, use of idealized family types as standards, and retrenchments in social and income maintenance programs. Discusses implications for family life…

Discusses the impact of affirmative action policies on expectancies and interpersonal relations. Concludes that affirmative action policies offer clear advantages to the members of target groups. (DM)

Examined four models that explain resistance to affirmative action policies for women: self-interest, procedural justice, sexism, and ingroup favoritism. Subjects were 138 undergraduate students. Greatest support was found for ingroup favoritism; when individuals had a favorable policy evaluation, they evaluated an applicant more favorably when…

Suggests that public sympathy has waned for minority individuals who have suffered from racial exclusion and that progressives can redefine the situation so that concerns of the larger population and the racial minority population are simultaneously addressed. (JOW)

Seeks to answer whether the Bakke rulings and their rationale retain precedential clout that can uphold the constitutionality of current single-track affirmative action programs that use race as one of multiple factors in admissions. Speculates as to the constitutionality of the program in place at the University of Michigan and the current state…

Discusses the nationwide impact of Harvard University president Lawrence Summers' controversial words on affirmative action and the impact of this controversy on Harvard's continuing ability to attract the best African American students and academics. Explains that the fundamental issue is of institutional legitimacy. (SM)

Describes the problem arising from the Supreme Court's divided opinion in the 1978 higher education affirmative-action case of "Regents of the University of California v. Bakke"; discusses the outcome of several affirmative-action cases since "Bakke"; speculates on future efforts to further student diversity in higher…

This article features Moises Salinas, an assistant professor at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) who addresses the place of stereotypes in education, and describes how Salinas investigates root causes of stereotyping and its consequences in minority education. According to him, affirmative action policies of past decades have attempted…

Diversity researchers are in demand, Mark Bauerlein explains, because administrators at schools like U-Michigan need all the bogus support they can fabricate. The researchers ask students how they feel about minorities and somehow conjure their answers into a measurement of cognitive development. Those data are gathered and further processed into…

Using a critical race theory framework, this study examines the ways in which race and racialized ideologies are manifested in high-stakes college admissions, the debate over affirmative action, and the college choice behavior of Black high school students. This study allows for the voices of Black high school students in California to describe…

This article evaluates changes in racial and ethnic composition of three Texas universities following the ban on affirmative action imposed by the 1996 "Hopwood" decision. The authors estimate the extent to which universities practiced affirmative action before the ban and evaluate how officers at these universities responded by changing…