Author Archives: E Wayne Ross

The Chronicle: Campaign to Limit Affirmative Action in Missouri Wins a Legal Victory

A state court judge handed a major victory on Monday to advocates of a proposed referendum to amend the Missouri Constitution to ban public colleges and other state agencies from using affirmative-action preferences.

In a case focused on the wording of the proposed referendum, Judge Richard G. Callahan of the State Circuit Court for Cole County rejected as “insufficient and unfair” the summary language that Missouri’s secretary of state had placed on the measure over the objections of its backers. As required under state law, Judge Callahan drafted and certified new summary language for the measure, which is proposed for this November’s ballot, and the language that he used was welcomed by the measure’s proponents.

The Chronicle: Scholars Mount Large-Scale Effort to Study Affirmative Action’s Effects—Bad and Good

Campaign to Limit Affirmative Action in Missouri Wins a Legal Victory

A national consortium of about 30 professors and graduate students has been quietly gathering student data from colleges and law schools to examine the effect of affirmative-action policies on their intended beneficiaries.

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Despite Surging Endowments, High-Ranking Universities and Colleges Show Disappointing Results in Enrolling Low-Income Students

Despite Surging Endowments, High-Ranking Universities and Colleges Show Disappointing Results in Enrolling Low-Income Students

In recent years, the endowments of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities have soared. Many of these institutions are committing substantial funds in efforts to enroll more students from low-income families. Results have been disappointing over the long and short terms. The percentages of low-income students at almost all of the highly selective colleges and universities have declined.

Inside Higher Ed: When Identity Trumps Diversity

When a professor asked for an exemption to a Calvin College policy so she could join a black church — while remaining a tenure-track faculty member — the board said no.