Publications, Videos and Web Tutorials  

 

Roadmap to Diversity: Key Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical Schools:  AAMC document authored by Arthur Coleman, Scott Palmer, Steve Winnick, Holland and Knight, LLP. March 2008

 

ACE Memorandum on Impact of Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Sept. 2007 6 page summary by American Council on Education with tips for IHE's.

 

Echoes of Bakke: A Fractured Supreme Court Invalidates Two Race-Conscious K-12 Student Assignment Plans but Affirms the Compelling Interest in the Educational Benefits of Diversity: Prepared by Holland and Knight in conjunction with the College Board's Access and Diversity Initiative.

 

University of Michigan Diversity Blueprints Task Force: March 15, 2007 Final Report
This is a 24 page report on how to maintain diversity despite the passage of Proposition 2 in Michigan in November 2006.

 

NACUANOTE: OFCCP "Internet Applicant" Data Collection and Recordkeeping Rule Feb. 6, 2007

Admissions and Diversity After Michigan: The Next Generation of Legal and Policy Issues, published by the College Board, authored by Arthur L. Coleman and  Scott R. Palmer, Holland & Knight LLP. Per one of the authors, Art Coleman, this manual will serve two purposes: to explain what can and cannot be done,  post Grutter and Gratz, and to identify second generation issues the courts have not yet taken up.

 

Federal Law and Recruitment, Outreach and Retention: A Framework for Evaluating Diversity-Related Programs published by the College Board, authored by Arthur L. Coleman, Scott R. Palmer, and Femi Richards from Holland & Knight LLP. See also the College Board's Access and Diversity Collaborative. Print copies may be ordered from the College Board.

 

Federal Law and Financial Aid: A Framework for Evaluating Diversity-Related Programs. By Arthur L. Coleman, Scott R. Palmer, and Femi Richards from Holland & Knight LLP.  This is an excellent publication that can be ordered from the College Board for $15.00 or for $5 a copy when 50 or more copies are ordered. The guide is a practical framework to help colleges and universities develop and evaluate diversity-related financial aid and scholarship policies and practices in ways that are both educationally and legally sound.

 

Are you a Covered Government Contractor? A Jackson Lewis Preventive Strategies Newsletter (Year End 2004)

Contains an overview of federal affirmative action obligations and a checklist to determine if you are covered by Executive Order 11246 or other federal laws requiring an affirmative action plan.

 

Achieving Diversity: Race Neutral Alternatives in American Education: Feb. 2004 Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education Report

The goal of the report is to provide a catalogue of both developmental and admissions-oriented race-neutral approaches.  The purpose is to set out as much information as possible for institutions that are considering what best suits their individual circumstances in light of their own goals. This report was  expanded to to include additional information concerning race-neutral alternatives for K-12, graduate and professional programs, and private colleges and universities.

 

Assessing Medical School Admissions Policies: Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decisions: A paper produced by the Association of American Medical Colleges to assist medical schools interested in continuing to foster diversity.

 

Affirmative Action White Paper (October 14, 2003) Understanding the United States Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Jurisprudence With Special Emphasis on This Year’s University of Michigan Cases And What The Future Holds for Higher Education by Lawrence White, Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Education

 

New ACE Legal Analysis:  Affirmative Action in Higher Education After Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (September 4, 2003) Analysis of Supreme Court's holdings in the University of Michigan admissions cases and implications for higher education in terms of admissions policy features and possible applicability beyond admissions, including financial aid, other race and ethnicity-concious programs and activities, and employment.

 

NACUA Alert on US. Supreme Court Decisions in University of Michigan Admissions Cases

 

NACUA Notes on Race-Conscious Financial Aid after the University of Michigan Decision

 

Race- Neutral Approaches to Diversity Office of Civil Rights  39 page report issued spring 2003 on ways to increase diversity in the applicant pool.




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