Category Archives: Commentary (2000-2004)

April 28, 2004 Is anybody paying attention to Plan 2008? Doesn‘t anyone care that after five years, little or no real progress has been made? Plan 2008 was adopted unanimously by the Board of Regents in Spring 1998. Earlier it … Continue reading →

July 1st, 2003 Last week‘s Supreme Court allowing the University of Michigan to continue using race as one among many criteria in admitting undergraduate students reaffirms the Court‘s 1978 Bakke decision and Justice Powell‘s diversity justification for race-based admissions policies. … Continue reading →

Capital Times Op-Ed, published Monday June 23, 2003 Diversity‘s positive educational benefits are central to the University of Michigan‘s defense of its admittedly race-based admission policy in the Gratz v. Bollinger case. The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to announce … Continue reading →

Presented at Federalist Society Meeting, Marquette University Law School Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 1, 2003 The University of Michigan‘s central argument in the Gratz v. Bollinger case is that the positive educational benefits of diversity justify using race/ethnicity, as one among … Continue reading →

“Different shades…” title reprinted from the The Badger Herald, April 4, 2003“Confusion persists…” title reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, April 6, 2003 Confusion continues about the meaning of diversity, affirmative action, and racial preferences in college admissions. This confusion … Continue reading →

“Different shades…” title reprinted from the The Badger Herald, April 4, 2003“Confusion persists…” title reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, April 6, 2003 Confusion continues about the meaning of diversity, affirmative action, and racial preferences in college admissions. This confusion … Continue reading →

Reprint from the The Capital Times, March 12, 2003Understanding the UW-Madison‘s admission policy for undergraduate minority students is difficult. Campus officials are reluctant to describe in detail how the admission process works. When they do speak about it, their descriptions … Continue reading →

Reprint from the Wisconsin State Journal, March 2, 2002Faculty members, students, and the general public finally have a better chance to understand how affirmative action and race/ethnic preferences affect minority student admission and enrollment at UW-Madison. Several secrets of campus … Continue reading →

Letter to the Editor reprinted from The Daily Cardinal, September 5, 2001Should UW-Madison be permitted to continue using race/ethnicity in evaluating applicants for admission? That question confronts the Board of Regents at this week’s meeting. The campus position is laid … Continue reading →

Letter to the Editor reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, September 5, 2001The mysteries of deciding which applicants to admit to UW-Madison may be revealed at this week’s Board of Regents meeting. Not that much can be learned from a … Continue reading →