The Equal Justice Society is deeply disappointed and troubled by the Supreme Court’s decision today in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. The case questioned whether Michigan violated the Equal Protection Clause when it enacted a constitutional amendment banning affirmative action in higher education. The Court ruled that voters could enact such state constitutionalContinueContinue reading “EJS Troubled and Disappointed by SCOTUS Decision in Schuette”
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Study: Affirmative Action Does Not Hurt Graduation Rates and Post-Graduation Success
The following is text from a press release issued by William Kidder of UC Riverside on April 1, 2014. A new critique of the 2012 book “Mismatch” by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr. calls into question the validity of the book’s conclusion that affirmative action causes more harm than good. “Based upon a sweep ofContinueContinue reading “Study: Affirmative Action Does Not Hurt Graduation Rates and Post-Graduation Success”
California State Senate Passes Measure to Ask Voters to Partially Repeal Prop. 209; Assembly to Consider
The California State Senate last week passed Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5), a measure that would ask voters to consider eliminating Proposition 209’s ban on the use race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in recruitment, admissions, and retention programs at California’ public universities and colleges. The measure, sponsored by State Senator Dr. EdContinueContinue reading “California State Senate Passes Measure to Ask Voters to Partially Repeal Prop. 209; Assembly to Consider”