Affirmative Action in the News
Affirmative Action in the News has been replaced with a new enewsletter, Equal Opportunity Update. Past issues of Affirmative Action in the News, through December 2008, are available here.
AA in the News: December 17, 2008: Ward Connerly Continues to Crusade Against Equal Opportunity
AA in the News: December 10, 2008: Defeating Giants On The Ballot; Wrapping Things Up
AA in the News: December 3, 2008: Affirmative Stagnation; Will the Threat of a Class-action Lawsuit Force Advertising to Finally Solve Its Diversity Problem?; Study: Minorities Have Higher Rates of Entrepreneurship Than Whites ; State Might Guarantee Loans Made to Minority Businesses
AA in the News: November 19, 2008: UC Davis Study: Few Women in California Corporate Jobs; Hispanic Chamber Gives Thanks; Council Adopts Affirmative Action Plan; The Illusion of Race-Blind Admissions
AA in the News: November 12, 2008: ‘Misled’ Petition Signers Say Amendment 46 Defeat Brings Relief; Ward Connerly Dealt A Loss in Colorado; Nebraska Reviews New Law; In A First Among States, Colorado Voters Reject Ban on Affirmative Action Programs; Obama Helped Defeat Anti-Affirmative Action
AA in the News: November 6, 2008: Colorado Voters Preserve Affirmative Action; Ban on Preferences Succeeds in Nebraska; Colorado Measure Remains Undecided; Amendment 46 Deceptive; Fewer Minority-Owned Businesses Approved for SBA Loans in FY 2008
AA in the News: October 29, 2008: Poll Shows Amendment 46 Support at 53 Percent; Discrimination Fight Is Not Over; Rocky Truth Patrol: Would Amendment 46 Doom Science Camp?; CU Basketball Coach against Amendment 46
AA in the News: October 22, 2008: Reject Amendment 46, Hickenlooper Tells Voters; CU Students to Rally Against Affirmative-Action Ban; Minority Admissions Fall at University of Michagn Schools; Can Minneapolis Beef up Its ‘Weak’ Affirmative Action?; SBA Rule Changes for Women-Owned Small Businesses
AA in the News: October 15, 2008: Female Senators Ask SBA to Fix Women’s Contracting Program; ‘No’ on Amendment 46; Closing the Gap for Equal Pay; Amendment 46 Not as Simple as Black and White
AA in the News: October 08, 2008: Political Group to Sue Secretary of State's Office; Petition Circulator Testifies in Signature Fraud Trial; Amendment 46: A Step Back on Race and Gender; Making a Case for Diversity in STEM Fields
AA in the News: October 1, 2008: Ritter: Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative Will ‘Destroy Years of Progress’; TV Ad Targets Backer of Affirmative Action Ban; Cleveland Council Committee Responsible for Monitoring Minority Hiring Fails to Meet for 16 Months
AA in the News: September 24, 2008: Amendment 46: It's Not a Zero-Sum Game; Anti-Ward Connerly TV Spot Debuts in Colorado; Proposal 2 Dealt a Cruel Blow to Minority Students; Guidance or Spin on Affirmative Action Rulings?; Bar Exam Dispute Isn't about Politics
AA in the News: September 16, 2008: Students From Racially, Ethnically Diverse Medical Schools Say They Are Better Prepared To Care For Diverse Patient Population; Ward Connerly Cashes In: Profiteering exposed by...The American Conservative!; Affirmative Action Ban to Appear on Nebraska Ballot; Lawsuit Filed; Women Urge Congress to Block Contracting Program; Saginaw Valley State University Overcomes Proposal 2, Attracts More Minority Freshmen
AA in the News: September 9, 2008: After Proposal 2, Grand Valley State University Minority Freshmen Enrollment Falls 30 Percent; UNL Chancellor Criticizes Affirmative Action Ballot Proposal in Annual Address; Affirmative-Action Safeguard Fails to Make Ballot; UCLA's New Admission Policy Rights a Wrong
AA in the News: September 3, 2008: Prop 104 Backers Give Up; Disturbing Claim on Minority Hiring Requires Additional Scrutiny; Virginia Tech to Increase Investment in Diversity; Neb. Ballot Wording on Preferential Treatment OK'd
AA in the News: August 20, 2008: Arizona Affirmative Action Ban Foes File Challenge; Turning the Tables on Affirmative Action Foes; Connerly Group Refuses to Name Donors; Oregon Governor Encourages State Contracting with Minority and Women Owned Businesses
AA in the News: August 12, 2008: Dueling Civil Rights Amendments May Vie for Votes; A Proactive Progressivism; Both Sides in Affirmative Action Battle Say Pace Might Pick Up
AA in the News: August 5, 2008: McCain Hit by Civil Rights Groups; A Tough Crowd For McCain; He Tells A Largely Black Urban League Group That Affirmative Action Should End. Silence Greets His Comments.; Opponents of Ban on Affirmative Action Object to Wording on Ballot; Prop. 104 Could Derail Minority, Female Programs; John McCain, the Military, and Affirmative Action
AA in the News: July 24, 2008: Amendment 46, Initiative 82 Backers Go Toe-to-Toe in Accusations; Affirmative Action: How Obama and McCain Stack Up on the Issue; Diversity Gap Grows in UC Med Schools, Says Report; Minority Businesses Get Little State Work; Neb. Republicans Back Ban on Affirmative Action; Student Groups Target Minorities
AA in the News: July 15, 2008: Vote For Petition Could Endanger UNMC Diversity Program; SIUC Faculty Senate Mulls Over Resolutions; Boosting Opportunities
