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Virginia) [WASHINGTON, DC] -- The Arlington County public schools have hired the infamous, race-baiting diversity consultant Glenn Singleton to teach the faculty about the evils of being white, about white privilege, and about the advantages of not being white. Arlingon has agreed to pay this fraud an undiscolsed sum estimated by some to be in the six figures. Read the Adversity.Net special report: http://adversity.net/c9-2-arlington-race-baiting.htm Virgina (University of VA, Charlottesville): [RICHMOND, Va.] -- "The U.S. Department of Education's civil-rights office is investigating a complaint that the University of Virginia discriminates against white applicants. "The complaint was filed after the Charlottesville university denied admission to a white male student from New York for a spot in fall 2003's incoming undergraduate class. " 'Many kids with far less qualifications had already been accepted to the university in the name of diversity,' the student's father said in his complaint, which was obtained by The Associated Press with names and other identifying information redacted. He added, 'if my son had been a girl or a minority with his grades, test scores and extracurricular activities he would have been admitted to the University on his own with no problem.' "U.Va. spokeswoman Carol Wood confirmed Wednesday that the Office of Civil Rights is reviewing the university's undergraduate admission procedures with Virginia's legal department. She declined to discuss the investigation or the complaint but said that U.Va. considers diversity just one of many factors in determining admission, and the application of each prospective student is thoroughly discussed and debated among a team of reviewers. "The investigation is the civil-rights office's first in an admissions case since the Supreme Court ruled in 2003 in two cases involving the University of Michigan's affirmative-action admissions policies, said Kenneth L. Marcus, the agency's deputy assistant secretary for enforcement. "In those rulings the Supreme Court upheld a general affirmative-action policy at the university's law school but struck down the university's undergraduate formula as too rigid because it awarded admission points based on race. "The complaint [against U. Va.] was filed in May 2003, a month before the [June 2003 Supreme Court] rulings. But the department's Office of Civil Rights didn't notify U.Va. of the investigation until early August 2003. "The Center for Equal Opportunity, which opposes race-based policies, has analyzed admissions data to determine how U.Va. weighs race and ethnicity to determine who gets in, and is glad that the Office of Civil Rights is investigating the U.Va. case. " 'I think the process is working the way it's supposed to work,' said the group's general counsel, Roger B. Clegg. 'If the Supreme Court's constraints on the use of race and ethnicity are not being followed, there will be consequences.' " Excerpted from the Associated Press article 12/8/04 by Zinie Chen Sampson, as published in via the Daily Press, Hampton Roads, VA Last Known Link: Virgina (University of VA, Charlottesville): U.Va. Board of Visitors standing by admissions
policy (10/18/99 - dead
link) Under pressure from the NAACP and minority student groups, the UVA administration bowed to political pressure from minority special interests and publicly re-affirmed the school's commitment to racially divisive admissions standards which give preference to minority applicants. "Ryan Coleman-Ferebee, vice president of the NAACP's U.Va. chapter, was in the room when Ackerly read the statement. "We're definitely pleased," he said. "We didn't know exactly what to expect, and we're very pleased with the outcome."
Group's representing Caucasian students' interests have yet to publicly support UVA's
racial admissions system. (Based on Associated Press, via The Daily Press 10/18/99) Virginia (University of VA, Charlottesville):
With No Lawsuit in Sight,
U. of Virginia Dives Into the Affirmative-Action Fray (posted 10/15/99 - pay site) "But many students, faculty members, and administrators on the campus last week were urging the president and the board members to stand by the institution's policy of giving extra consideration to black and Hispanic applicants. The board's chairman, John P. Ackerly III, said its members value, and wish to preserve, the exceptional level of racial diversity on the campus, where African Americans account for just over 10 per cent of undergraduates. In an interview last week, he said the board, which consists almost entirely of Republican gubernatorial appointees, is not ideologically opposed to affirmative-action policies. "At the same time, however, Mr. Ackerly said the board is anxious to protect the university from the risk of costly litigation. The goal of preserving diversity while de-emphasizing [racial] preferences strikes many supporters of affirmative action here as impossible. They worry that the board will end up gutting affirmative-action programs, leading to precipitous drops in the university's black and Hispanic enrollments, and to the destruction of its hard-won reputation as a leading educator of minority students, with the highest black graduation rate of any large public college. ".... 'There is a lot of supposition and fear, but I don't know what is going to happen,' said Julian Bond, a professor of history at Virginia and chairman of the Board of Directors of the N.A.A.C.P. He said new limits on [racial admissions criteria] here would send 'a signal to other, similarly situated schools' in Virginia and elsewhere in the South, where [race-based admissions programs] have been cited as vital to overcoming a history of slavery and segregation. "... Last month, in an address to about 150 students who crowded into the university's Jefferson Hall, Mr. Ackerly said the board was 'unanimous in its support of diversity' and believed that the [race-based] admissions policy 'is legal and defensible in court.' He added, however, that the board has a fiduciary duty to carefully weigh the costs of mounting such a defense. 'Is it responsible to risk millions of dollars for lawyers' fees and the other costs of an extended federal court case, or would it be better to spend that money on educational programs to achieve diversity in ways that are more securely within the prevailing rule of law?' he asked. "... Several professors and students who oppose the [racial] preference policies refused to discuss their views last week. They said a chill had settled over their side of the debate as a result of the spectacle of Terence P. Ross, a member of the Board of Visitors, coming under personal attack last month after telling a reporter that the university has lowered its academic standards to recruit black students. "... Race actually is among several non-academic factors considered by admissions officers here, who say they assess applicants individually, and use no formulas. Being a Virginian or an athlete, having a parent who is a graduate of the university, or coming from a rural area of the state can also bolster one's chances of joining the ranks of Virginia's 12,400 undergraduates. Many black students here say they resent the fact that only racial preferences have come under scrutiny. "Race clearly does carry a lot of weight in admissions, however. Data from the university show that, in selecting freshmen for the fall of 1998, officials accepted 56.3 per cent of black applicants and 45.8 per cent of white applicants who were Virginians. Among those from out of state, the university admitted 56.1 per cent of the black applicants and 20.1 per cent of the white applicants. "Among those who accepted offers of admission, black students had an average SAT score of 1149, compared with 1339 for white students. .... Nonetheless, Virginia's admissions policies came under the scrutiny of the Board of Visitors in January, when the Center for Individual Rights, a non-profit legal group, published an advertisement in The Cavalier Daily suggesting that the university may be using illegal racial preferences. Virginia was one of 14 competitive institutions that the center put on notice with the ads (The Chronicle, February 5). To date, none of the 13 others say they have given serious consideration to changing their admissions policies. "... Many advocates of affirmative action [racial admissions quotas] on the campus complain, however, that the board acted too hastily, especially given that there has been no lawsuit filed against the university. 'I certainly do not believe people should back away from their principles simply because someone comes knocking on the door, who is an outsider, telling them what to do,' said Moji E. Olaniyan, a member of the administrative staff of the university's architecture school, and the president of N.A.A.C.P.'s Charlottesville branch. 'If someone threatens to kill you, you don't commit suicide to make their lives easier,' she said.
"In July, the Board of Visitors, urging that alternatives to [racial] preferences be
considered, suggested that the university hire more admissions officers to help it recruit
minority students, and that it establish a summer program for middle-school and
high-school students to help local minority children get the academic preparation they
need to someday be admitted here. Mr. Turner last week denounced the summer-camp
proposal as "simplistic," "paternalistic," and "an insult to the
African-American community." [Mr. Turner said] 'You are not going to attract
University of Virginia-caliber students through a summer program. There are not
enough summers to make up for two-and-a-half centuries of slavery.'" (Pay Site:
Chronicle of Higher Education by Peter Schmidt) Virginia (University of VA, Charlottesville):
U.Va. amends admissions test: Old scoring system that gave advantage
to some blacks dropped; race still a factor (10/08/99 - dead link) "However, school officials say U.Va. still uses race as one of many factors in determining which students to admit to the school, but only as it looks at each applicant individually -- an apparently more legally defensible use of race in an admissions process. [Emphasis added.] "Questions publicly raised by some board of visitors members about the legality of U.Va.'s admissions process, apparently centering on the scoring system, created an uproar on campus recently and have led to a statewide review of admissions policies at other state schools. "Officials said they were confident they could still maintain diversity at U.Va. without the scoring system that was dropped. Between 1992 and 1998, U.Va. black undergraduate enrollment has hovered from about 10 percent to 12 percent. 'The question of using race arises because of the use of a scoring system adopted about six years ago,' President John T. Casteen III said in a statement yesterday. 'The application scoring system did not work well enough here because every applicant is entitled to a holistic evaluation, regardless of particular qualities (including race) that might be part of a rating model. So, late last winter or early spring, I asked as a routine management matter that this system be dropped, and it was.'" "The [U.Va.] board of visitors appointed a committee to look at U.Va.'s admissions policies in January after two Washington-based groups -- the Center for Individual Rights and the Center for Equal Opportunity -- criticized the policies as discriminating against whites and said they were ripe for lawsuits. "But questions over how U.Va. handles race and other factors in its selection of students is prompting a statewide review of admissions policies at Virginia's other public colleges. "Officials in the attorney general's office said the examination was initially launched at the request of several schools, including U.Va. "Conflicting court rulings regarding the legality of racial preferences, combined with concerns by the colleges' governing boards over how their differing and closely guarded admissions policies might be impacted, led to the reviews, [according to spokesman David Botkins]. "Even critics of affirmative action, however, differ over the legality of using race. Terence Pell, senior counsel with the Center for Individual Rights, said, "what a lot of schools are doing is against the law." Pell said, "If you create a special track based on the race of the candidate, that is illegal. If you take race into account on an individual basis . . . that's OK."
"But Roger Clegg, general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity, said the idea
that "if race is just one factor then it's not discrimination is absurd. Either race
is going to make a difference or it's not." (Virginia Newspapers, Inc., The Times
Dispatch 10/08/99, by Carlos Santos and Ruth S. Intress) Virginia (statewide): Virginia
colleges discriminate in admissions, study alleges (01/27/99 - dead link) The College of William and Mary had the largest difference -- 210 points -- according to a study of 10 state colleges by the Center for Equal Opportunity, a Washington policy group that opposes racial preferences. The average scores were 1340 points for white applicants who were admitted and 1130 points for blacks. The gap was 190 points at James Madison University and 160 points at the University of Virginia. " 'We believe that it is a bad thing for colleges and universities to discriminate in their admissions policies on the basis of race or ethnicity,' said Roger Clegg, general counsel to the center. 'There is very strong evidence that a lot of that discrimination is going on in Virginia.'
"College officials acknowledge giving an edge to minority candidates in the
admissions process." (Pilot Online, 01/27/99, by Philip Walzer) Virginia (Arlington): DC Suburb Rejects White, English-Speaking Kindergartners, Defies
Court Orders
Virginia (Arlington): Arlington
test scores show racial gap (dead link) Virginia (Blacksburg): University
officials admit they must increase the focus on recruitment of minorities (05/10/99
- dead link) "But the fee waiver -- also used to attract military and some arts students -- hasn't worked with black students. Neither have some other recruitment methods. "Getting African-Americans to apply to Virginia Tech is not a problem -- we can do that," said Karen Torgersen, Tech's director of undergraduate admissions. "It's getting them to accept the offer -- that's where the bottleneck is." "Last month, the university made public an internal report showing that the number of black undergraduates at Tech -- already historically low -- has been falling. During the five academic years from 1993 to 1997, black undergraduate enrollment dropped from 5.1 percent to 4.2 percent, declining each year. Blacks make up about 20 percent of the state's population. "Admissions recruiters try to visit all public high schools in Virginia, with "particular emphasis," Torgersen said, on urban areas such as Richmond and Virginia Beach and on rural Southside, which has a large black population.
"The university also holds a "minority preview" weekend for students
offered admission to Tech -- it used to be for black students, but since has been opened
to all minorities -- to give them a feel for the campus and its programs." (The
Roanoke Times 05/10/99 by Ian Zack) Virginia (Charlottesville): UVA Prof
Charges Reverse Discrimination, Retaliation Virginia (Richmond): Foreign-Born
Professors Win Race Discrimination Suits (03/25/99 - dead link) "In a decision Wednesday, the jury awarded about $117,000 to Fathy M.A. Saleh, an Egyptian-born engineering technology professor who was hired at Virginia State in 1989. The jury awarded about $230,000 to Godwin O. Mbagwu, a Nigerian-born chemistry professor hired in 1981.
"Both faculty members are now U.S. citizens. The professors had sued university
President Eddie N. Moore Jr. and five other school officials, claiming discrimination on
the basis of race and national origin. They also said they suffered retaliation when they
complained about their treatment." (Richmond Daily Press, 03/25/99) Virginia (Roanoke): Minority
Discrimination Suit Dismissed (dead link) Virginia (Roanoke): Not Enough Minority Teachers Available to Meet
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