<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Affirmative Action</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><description>Affirmative Action</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Universities Record Drop In Black Admissions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2830-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2830-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite winning a decision using race as an admissions factor, the U-Mich. joins other state universities in reporting a decline in number of incoming black students.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envisioning a New World of Admissions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50459-2004Jan26.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50459-2004Jan26.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Clifford Sjogren, former chief admissions officer at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California, has called for a radical overhaul of the college admissions system -- including reduced emphasis on standardized test scores and elimination of required recommendation letters and student essays. Staff writer Jay Mathews asked parents, counselors, educators and students what they would do to improve the system. Here are their suggestions, beginning with a summary of Sjogren's ideas.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Colleges, an Affirmative Reaction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42808-2003Nov14.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42808-2003Nov14.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The future of outreach efforts is in doubt after a pair of Supreme Court rulings clarifying the ways in which race may be considered as a factor in admissions.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U-Michigan Reveals New Admissions Policy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61306-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61306-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The University of Michigan unveiled a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday with an approach that places a higher priority on academic achievement but continues to use race as a more subtle factor.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Court's Ruling, a Nod to Idea of a Broader Elite]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28435-2003Jun24.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28435-2003Jun24.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By embracing the notion of diversity, the court showed how the central issues in the affirmative action debate have evolved since the 1960s.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Colleges Will Stay Course]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24426-2003Jun23.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24426-2003Jun23.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Most of the nation's colleges and universities should not have to alter their admissions procedures because of Monday's Supreme Court decisions upholding race-conscious affirmative action for achieving racial diversity but outlawing highly mechanical methods of reaching that goal, according to college presidents, lawyers and higher education lobbyists.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brown + 50: The Fight Goes On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21442-2003Jun22.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21442-2003Jun22.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the Supreme Court prepares to for two historic rulings on race-conscious college admissions, Elaine R. Jones, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, is on a mission to save affirmative action.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals Court's Feud In Mich. Case Grows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46779-2003Jun11.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46779-2003Jun11.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The battle between liberal and conservative judges on a federal appeals court escalated Wednesday as a senior member of the court defended the chief judge against charges that he rigged a high-profile affirmative action case.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diversity or Division on Campus?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7902-2003May18.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7902-2003May18.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The practice of hosting racially separate graduation events, in addition to regular ceremonies, is taking on new significance as the Supreme Court examines the legality of race-conscious college admissions.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unseen Aspects to Admissions Fray]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53554-2003Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53554-2003Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If race-conscious admissions are eliminated at the nation's professional schools, the United States will likely witness a dramatic decline in the number of black and Hispanic doctors and lawyers.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Race-Neutral Policies Promised at Va. Tech]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51952-2003Apr7.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51952-2003Apr7.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The chairman of the Board of Visitors vowed the policies will be followed despite Sunday's decision to abandon a controversial resolution ending affirmative action.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear  and Amy Argetsinger</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foes of U-Michigan Policy Questioned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6105-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6105-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A key member of the Supreme Court aimed a series of skeptical questions at opponents of race-conscious university admissions, as the court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the most important civil rights cases of the past quarter-century.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admission Bias Charge Stirs Jefferson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5917-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5917-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A law professor's article about what he calls "invidious race discrimination" in admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has caused controversy at the Fairfax County magnet school even before its publication.]]></description><author> S. Mitra Kalita</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Defense Team of Thousands]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5832-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5832-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The young people -- black, white, Asian and Latino -- said they support affirmative action because they couldn't imagine their lives or classrooms without racial diversity.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren and Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands Rally at High Court]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2236-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2236-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Several thousand affirmative action supporters converged at a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court this morning as the justices heard cases challenging the University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policies.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren and Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rally Sets Stage on Affirmative Action Cases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64761-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64761-2003Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With blankets in tow, about 2,000 university students from the District and across the nation marched last night from Howard University to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, in preparation for further activism today as lawyers deliver arguments in two affirmative action cases from the University of Michigan.]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minority Students Find Access and Isolation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62263-2003Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62263-2003Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the months leading up to Tuesday's arguments at the Supreme Court, U-Michigan students said the tensions have risen.]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Holistic' Admissions Beyond Black and White]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49278-2003Mar29.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49278-2003Mar29.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Boston University admissions officers strive to diversify the school in a variety of ways -- socioeconomically, by gender, by geography and, most controversially, by race.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Va. Tech Rules Rile Warner, Campus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22959-2003Mar13.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22959-2003Mar13.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Governing board's surprise actions appear to overturn affirmative action efforts, eliminate protections for gay men and lesbians and place new restrictions on campus gatherings.]]></description><author> Amy Argetsinger</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reexamining Minority Admissions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12785-2003Mar11.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12785-2003Mar11.html?nav=rss_education/specials/policy/affirmativeaction</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For years, the College of William & Mary relied on a loosely crafted rating system to help wade through the annual flood of 8,000 or so freshman applications.]]></description><author> Amy Argetsinger</author></item></channel></rss>