From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
From the issue dated April 22, 2005
New Issue of ‘Stanford Law Review’ Will Rebut a Critic of Affirmative Action
By Katherine S. Mangan
Read hereFrom the issue dated January 21, 2005
Affirmative Action and Military Recruiting Spur Debate at Law-School Meeting
By Katherine S. Mangan
Read hereFrom the issue dated December 17, 2004
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Debate About Affirmative Action
Read hereFrom the issue dated November 12, 2004
Does Affirmative Action Hurt Black Law Students?
A new study that challenges a ‘cherished’ admissions practice has critics lining up for a rebuttal
By Katherine S. Mangan
Read hereChronicle of Higher Education Colloquy on Sander’s Study:
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Other Sources:
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Special to The Detroit News
Questionable assumptions mar report, which discounts benefits of affirmative action
By David L. Chambers
Read hereThe Tavis Smiley Show, December 15, 2004
Commentary: Kimberlé Crenshaw: Affirmative Action and Black Lawyers
Both proponents and opponents of affirmative action are stirred up by a study that hasn’t even been published yet. Richard Sander, a UCLA law professor, has analyzed the effects of racial preferences in America’s law schools and concludes the net effect is actually fewer black lawyers. Commentator — and Sander’s UCLA law colleague — Kimberlé Crenshaw weighs in on the report.
Read hereUCLA TODAY
VOL. 25 NO. 10 FEBRUARY 23, 2005
Preferences hurt black law students …
By Richard Sander
Read hereUCLA TODAY
VOL. 25 NO. 10 FEBRUARY 23, 2005
… Or do they? Studies show otherwise
By Cheryl I. Harris
Read here(Open attached file for commentary by Liu)
(Open attached file for commentary by Sander)
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Research Studies on Affirmative Action:
Law & Social Inquiry Journal (Volume 29, Number 4, Fall 2004)A Forked River Runs Through Law School: Toward Understanding Race, Gender, Age, and Related Gaps in Law School Performance and Bar Passage
By Timothy T. Clydesdale
Read hereInvited Submission to the STANFORD LAW REVIEW, February 2005
The Real Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action in American Law Schools:
An Empirical Critique of Richard Sander’s Study
By David L. Chambers, Timothy T. Clydesdale, William C. Kidder and Richard O. Lempert
Read hereLink to the Equal Justice Society’s Research page:
Read hereThe Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (WINTER 2004/2005 105)
The Black Student Mismatch Myth in Legal Education: The Systemic Flaws in Richard Sander’s Affirmative Action Study
By Cheryl I. Harris and William C. Kidder
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Talking Points
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While I can appreciate the points in African American Policy Forum » Blog Archive » Articles and Commentary on the Stanford Law Review article by UCLA Law Professor, Richard Sander, I am sick and tired of hearing rubbish about the “economic recovery”. The US government borrowed and spent $6.1T during the last 4 years to obtain a cumulative $700 billion increase in the nation’s GDP. This means we’ve borrowed and spent $8.70 for every $1 of nominal “growth” in GDP. In constant dollars, GDP is flat, we got no “economic growth” at all for our $6.1T. In constant US dollars, the GDP in 2011 might get back to the 2007 level, if the economy continues “growing” at the same rate reached inside the first three months of 2011. If not, then the Gross Domestic Product will actually be lower than before recession levels. There is no economic recovery, the numbers prove it.