Sandra Day O’Connor Revisits and Revives Affirmative-Action Controversy

by E Wayne Ross on January 15, 2010

The Chronicle: Sandra Day O’Connor Revisits and Revives Affirmative-Action Controversy

Having held in a landmark 2003 Supreme Court ruling that diverse college enrollments have proven educational benefits but that colleges should not need race-conscious admissions policies 25 years down the road, a retired associate justice — Sandra Day O’Connor — is now singing what some hear as a different tune.