Striking Lack of Diversity in Ivy League’s Top Positions
TweetThe June 14 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education (“At the Ivies, It’s Still White at the Top”) presents a remarkable pictorial display of the individuals in the top levels of university...
View Article“A Long Slow Drift from Racial Justice” — The Hidden Perils of the Fisher Ruling
TweetLast week two decisions from the Supreme Court seemed to turn the clock back on the delicate framework of Civil Rights constructed in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson eras, in what the...
View ArticleThe Fisher decision misses the point: Separate and unequal
TweetA new Georgetown University report titled “Separate and Unequal: How Higher Education Reinforces the Intergenerational Reproduction of White Privilege” by Anthony Carnevale and Jeff Strohl...
View ArticleIllusions of Meritocracy: Does It Favor Certain Groups?
TweetThe notion of meritocracy hinges on the belief in a just system, or what researchers have called “system justification theory.” As theorists John Jost and Masharin Banaji explain, system...
View ArticleThe Myths around White “Merit”
TweetSystemic racism persists and flourishes in this country because of an extensive set of racial myths created long ago and aggressively perpetuated by whites in major institutions of this society,...
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White Women and Affirmative Action: Prime Beneficiaries and Opponents
TweetWhen it comes to affirmative action, white women occupy a rather peculiar position. White women are the main beneficiaries of affirmative action policies, and also the most likely to sue over them...
View ArticleWhen Interest Convergence Derails: More Challenges to Affirmative Action
TweetMany of the facts surrounding the recent challenges to affirmative action are not well known to the general public. A “perfect storm” has brought into question the survival of even modest,...
View ArticleTest-ocratic Merit vs. Democratic Merit?
TweetWhat are the benefits of a college education in a diverse democracy? Research indicates that these benefits include the ability to strengthen critical thinking, to provide students with the...
View ArticleThe Diversity Research-To-Practice Gap: Backlash to Fisher Case
TweetA new paper titled “Bridging the Research to Practice Gap: Achieving Mission-Driven Diversity and Inclusion Goals” by Teresa Taylor, Jeffrey Milem, and Arthur Coleman, seeks to link research...
View ArticleMore White Assaults on Affirmative Action in Admissions
Tweet Led by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the federal government has launched a frontal assault against the last vestiges of limited, race-sensitive affirmative action...
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