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Tag: Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin
Opinion
Debunking Mismatch and the Color-Blind Remedy to Affirmative Action
The affirmative action op-eds are starting to appear. Both the pro and the con. And there’s this sense of déjà vu. Yes, as that pre-hiphop group Crosby, Stills and Nash once sang, “We have all been here before.”
July 24, 2018
Opinion
Trump Administration Takes Affirmative Action to Ignore Race and Law
In case you missed it: while you were celebrating all the progress we’ve achieved in America – 242 years of opportunity resulting in a burgeoning sense of equality and diversity – the Trump administration placed a cherry bomb in your inbox.
July 9, 2018
Students
Barbara Smith Conrad’s Voice Would Not Be Silenced
A series of unexpected events eventually earned Barbara Smith Conrad a place in history with Marian Anderson and other women who became opera legends.
June 4, 2017
Students
Scholar: After Fisher, Schools Should Reassess Diversity Policies
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the use of race in college admissions, colleges and universities should assess their policies in a way that takes a more nuanced look at diversity, a higher education scholar said Tuesday.
June 28, 2016
African-American
Scalia’s ‘Mismatch Theory’ a Foe to Diversity, Inclusion
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made waves with his remarks about the abilities of African-American students in this country during the oral arguments of the Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin case.
December 9, 2015
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