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Affirmative Action
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration — The New Affirmative Action?
In "Immigration is new affirmative action," Peter A. Brown on Politico.com writes that "[i]mmigration is becoming for the 2008 election what affirmative action/racial preferences was 15 years ago — the…
Federalist Society Blog - University of Washington Chapter
Affirmative Action and Conservatives
By Unknown
An interesting post by Harvard economist Greg Mankiw. Professor Mankiw had headlines earlier this year for his proposal to impose a tax on height. While I'm not a big fan…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Ensuring Compliance with Federal and State Laws Across the Board
Yesterday, I noted that Norwalk Community College had been sanctioned over the summer in a federal district court case for its apparent failure to preserve electronic data. I've always believed…
Rush on Business
Be Careful to Avoid “Reverse Discrimination”
By Rush Nigut
Michael Moore of the Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog has an excellent post on the possibility of reverse discrimination when employers make decisions under the auspices of voluntary affirmative action plans,…
Lancaster Law Blog
Strictly Speaking Equal Employment Opportunity Means Neutrality
Certainly the Congressional policy underlying Title VII encourages efforts to improve employment conditions for minorities and women. However, sometimes employers lose sight of the fact that the discrimination laws are written…
The Right Coast
Barone on Affirmative ActionMaimon Schwarzschild
Michael Barone writes about the Report by the US Commission on Civil Rights on affirmative action in law schools. But Barone is generous - too generous, I think - to…
The Right Coast
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report on Affirmative Action in Law Schools: Do Rothstein & Yoon Rebut Sander? Gail Heriot
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, a comment to a post by David Bernstein suggests that a recent study by Jesse Rothstein and Albert Yoon may go a long way toward…
The Right Coast
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report on Affirmative Action in Law Schools Gail Heriot
The Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Affirmative Action in Law Schools is out. It does not of course endorse the work of Richard Sander, whose research…
The Right Coast
My Wall Street Journal Op-Ed on Affirmative Action Gail Heriot
Here's the original version of the op-ed I wrote for the Wall Street Journal on Friday. For the most part, I think the editing process improved it, but this version…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Education Gaps Among Asian Americans
Reported by Scott Jaschik (Inside Higher Ed):Understanding Gaps Among Asian GroupsMany discussions about affirmative action or demographics in higher education start with the assumption that Asian American students are outperforming…