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…

Barack Obama agreed to answer a series of questions submitted via e-mail to his campaign. This article presents excerpts of "The Chronicle"'s exchange with the senator and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, in which he discussed his policy suggestions for student aid and college access; the appropriate role of the federal…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether affirmative action plans for public schools and institutions of higher education can be justified under the compelling interest clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Part 1 of the paper provides an historical as well as legal chronology of affirmative action in the U.S. Part 2 takes an analytical look…

Reviews Thomas Sowell's book, Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality. Argues that Sowell, a critic of affirmative action, rejects the central premises of the civil rights vision and believes that free market forces, demographic trends, culture, and individual choice account for existing race and sex-based statistical disparity. (SA)

Wisdom suggests that instead of correcting the injustices of yesterday by creating the new injustices of today, it is better to recognize a statute of limitations on accountability for our inhumanity to ourselves in the distant past. (Author)

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) has failed to recognize the talents, skills, and aspirations of Afro-American art educators. There needs to be greater participation of ethnic minorities in the NAEA. (RM)

The state of Black-Jewish relations in the United States is far healthier, despite some differences of opinion, than the popular perception suggests. The issues that are usually cited as constituting the breakdown in harmonious Jewish-Black relations are discussed. (RM)

Uses a question-and-answer format to amplify the "Weber" decision and explain how the case affects an employer. Is particularly concerned with the role of quotas in affirmative action plans. (IRT)

Documents the salary and promotional inequities between women and men in working class, academic, governmental, and professional (law, medicine, and scientific research) jobs. Calls for more affirmative action programs and argues that professional women will be able to fight for equal rights for all classes of working women. (GC)

The federal government should act quickly to formulate a rational policy that will encourage the use of part-time faculty members as a means for promoting affirmative action in colleges and universities. (Author/IRT)

British laws on education and sex discrimination do not afford girls equality of education. However, Britain's integration into the European Economics Community (EEC) may result in liberalization of laws as a result of European influence. (DM)

The goal of the Florida Department of Corrections is to be innovative leader in the criminal justice system, to be best-managed public agency in the Florida state government, and to be number-one correctional system in the nation. The Illinois Department of Corrections has initiated aggressive efforts to recruit qualified minority applicants to…

A time limit ensures periodic review of a race-based program to make sure that it is maintained only if needed or, if necessary, modified to better achieve its goals. The 25-year time limit announced by Justice O'Connor grabbed public attention which shows that University of Michigan affirmative action cases would be of monumental importance to…

In this article, the author comments on the issue of race and education in America. The author predicts that although the Supreme Court's recent ruling sheds some welcome light on affirmative action for higher education, the debate over the merit and methods of diversifying the student body will continue. By proactively addressing diversity,…

The nondiscrimination principle is process-oriented, and proof of its violation must focus on the process and criteria of decision making--i.e., intent either to discriminate or to disadvantage based on race. Civil rights laws should allow defendants to show good faith as a claim against illegal discrimination. (KH)