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TOPIC A Should the practice of affirmative action (in hiring and/or education admissions) be halted? |
BACKGROUND:
The Affirmative Action War Goes On. The New York Times, January 21, 2012.
This editorial gives a brief summary of the current legal state of play regarding affirmative action in higher education. (NY Times side link here.)
What's Next for Affirmative Action?. The Atlantic, November 6, 2008.
What it looked like at start of Obama administration.
Affirmative Action Survives, and So Does the Debate. Chronicle of Higher Education, July 4, 2003.
Analysis of a landmark 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave rise to the current legal status of affirmative action in university admissions.
Affirmative Action in Other Countries. AlterNet, July 11, 2003.
Countries try different approaches to overcoming discrimination, and many are just as controversial.
History of Affirmative Action. In Motion Magazine, October 12, 2003.
A nifty timeline of developments in the history of affirmative action from 1961 to 2003.
MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
Key Win for Affirmative Action. Inside Higher Ed, January 19, 2011.
Recent federal appeals court ruling regarding the Univ. of Texas was a (possibly temporary) victory for proponents of affirmative action in higher education. See also this piece from 2009 on Texas's "10 percent" admissions system.
New Hampshire Ends Affirmative-Action Preferences at Colleges. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 4, 2012.
A law passed by state legislature in 2011 took effect on January 1.
YES:
A Victory for White Guilt. Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2003.
Shelby Steele of the Hoover Institution argues that the Supreme Court has gotten it wrong.
The Diversity Taboo. Weekly Standard, January 26, 2004.
The "diversity industry," affirmative action, and racial proportionality.
An Elite Take on Affirmative Action. Chronicle of Higher Education, May 22, 2011.
A directly reply to the "Affirmative Inaction" article that is linked below in the "no" collection.
NO:
Race and the Uses of Law. The New York Times, April 13, 2001.
Pro-affirmative action op-ed by an NYU professor of law and philosophy. (NY Times site link here.)
We Need Affirmative Action. The Ford Foundation, March 27, 2003.
The president of the Ford Foundation weighs in.
Affirmative Inaction. American Scholar, Winter, 2011.
Opposition to affirmative action has drastically reduced minority enrollment at public universities; private institutions have the power and responsibility to reverse the trend.
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