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affirmative action
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affirmative action (USA) Initiated as US government policy by President
Johnson in 1965, when he created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Through these bureaus, affirmative action was designed to reduce social inequalities in US society by requiring all federal government contractors as well as public institutions to give consideration to racial minorities and, from 1971,...
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News and Views: While Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance; Speculating on Future Nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; News and Views: While Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance; Speculating on Future Nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court What clues ...
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Beyond Gratz and Grutter: prospects for affirmative action in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Michigan decisions.
The Review of Policy Research
; ... African American retention once students have enrolled. This problem is particularly prevalent among young males. As reported in a news release by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on September 2, 2003, only 35% of African American men who entered ...
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PELOSI STATEMENT ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Capitol Hill Press Releases
; 00-00-0000 For Immediate Release April 1, 2003 Pelosi Statement on Affirmative Action Case Before Supreme Court Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the University of Michigan affirmative action case being heard today by the Supreme Court:
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Supreme Court deals blow to affirmative action
Philadelphia Tribune, The
; Sherry Stone Philadelphia Tribune, The 04-21-1995 Supreme Court deals blow to affirmative action. The Supreme Court's refusal to hear two reverse discrimination suits filed by white men in Birmingham, Ala. and Pittsburgh sent mixed signals to businesses about affirmative action, according to
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Fate of Affirmative Action To Be Decided By Supreme Court Justices
Washington Informer
; How ironic that at a time when combined battalions of U.S-led coalition forces are fighting a war to liberate the people of Iraq from Saddam Hussein's might, minorities here in America are demonstrating for the liberty to be educated in any of the country's "so-called" prestigious institutions of
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NAACP strongly backs affirmative action plans, criticizes their detractors Convention speakers assail Supreme Court for rulings, lack of minority clerks
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; The nation's oldest civil rights organization stood firmly behind affirmative action on Monday, largely scorning compromise on the issue and attacking its critics, including the Supreme Court. Talk of accommodation was in short supply at the convention of the National Association for the
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National Teachers Union Vows To Support Affirmative Action; Group Still Must Decide Role in Supreme Court Case
The Washington Post
; The nation's largest teachers union renewed its support of affirmative action today in the midst of congressional and legal challenges, including a pivotal Supreme Court case involving schools. After little debate, delegates at the union's annual assembly agreed by voice vote to urge local unions
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Weighing Affirmative Action As Supreme court tackles the polarizing issue Tuesday
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... points system to rate applicants. On a scale of 150 points, students can earn a full 20 points for race, according a university news release. However, the school argues that these points are given for socioeconomic disadvantages as well, something not specific ...
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Analysis: Ongoing affirmative action cases in the Supreme Court
NPR Tavis Smiley
; Analysis: Ongoing affirmative action cases in the Supreme Court Host: TONY COX Time: 9:00-10:00 AM TONY COX, host: From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tony Cox, in for Tavis Smiley. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard two cases from the University of Michigan that could decide the fate of
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Supreme Court to review affirmative action rules
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Supreme Court to review affirmative action rules Associated Press Tuesday, March 27, 2001 The Supreme Court, reopening the question of affirmative action, agreed Monday to refine its view of whether federal programs intended to help minority businesses amounted to reverse discrimination against
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