What Do Student Journalists Say About Fisher v Texas?
Mar 09, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Undergraduate opinion writers and edtorial boards ponder the significance of a major affirmative action case now under review by the Supreme Court.
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What Will the Court Do About Affirmative Action?
Feb 28, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
John Rosenberg dissects the "diversity' policies at the University of Texas now under scrutiny by the SCOTUS.
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Fisher Case Generates Wide Press Coverage, Reactions
Feb 22, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Press coverage and commentary of the US Supreme Court's decision to accept the case of Fisher v. University of Texas for review.
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NAS Commends Supreme Court for Taking Fisher Case on Racial Preferences
Feb 21, 2012 |
PRESS RELEASE: The Supreme Court agrees to hear what may become a landmark case on the diversity rationale for racial preferences in college admissions.
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SCOTUS Grants Certiorari in UTexas Admissions Case
Feb 21, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The Supreme Court grants Certiorari in a major affirmative action case in Texas.
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SCOTUS Strikes Down Raced-Based Redistricting in Texas
Jan 21, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Race based legislative boundaries are banned in Texas in a case that bears on university admissions policy.
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NAS California Affiliate Introduces Amicus Brief Filed in Pending Supreme Court Case
Nov 16, 2011 by John M. Ellis |
The California Association of Scholars offers a statement on the amicus curiae brief they submitted in support of Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that challenges the use of racial preferences in university admissions.
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Acccountability, Texas Style
Sep 12, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
NAS Texas affiliate president Rob Koons assesses the University of Texas system's response to demands for greater public accountability and oversight. He's not impressed, and dismisses the UT's report as more of… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Obama Smites the Rock
Aug 11, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
In a speech at the University of Texas this week, President Obama reminded the audience of his lofty - and contradictory - goals for higher education.
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NAS Urges Court to Rule Racial Preferences at U Texas Unconstitutional
Jan 15, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
The NAS has signed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.
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The Public Interest and University Governance (Part 1)
May 27, 2009 by Tom Wood |
The Palaima-Sandefer controversy at UT-Austin
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