War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

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Zoo_View said:
If Duke flat-out fights Trump, I’ll cheer for Duke except when they play UNC…….if our Trumplican chancellor continues being a Trumplican, I’ll just ignore UNC sports and UNC.
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Reminiscent of when dook students conspired with Carolina students to battle the Speaker Ban in the early 1960s -- I despise the institution as I should and on equal terms with my enmity for state college but sometimes nothing is truer and more right than enemies colluding to war with a common foe.
 
So Trump’s trying to crack down on anything he perceives to be a negative portrayal of America. Isn’t MAGA premised on portraying America in a negative light? You know, the whole “again” part of “make America great AGAIN?”
 
dukeman92 said:
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That's a classic case of saying (or tweeting) the quiet parts out loud. They don't want people to learn about the Wilmington Insurrection or the Tulsa Race Massacre or Japanese-American Internment or that white people have done some very bad things to minorities over the centuries. Just focus on mostly whites and a few minorities and present a glossy, rose-colored, "rah rah" view of US History. And for pete's sake don't have people actually think about any of this.
 


“… In a proposed resolution agreement, the department’s Office of Civil Rights asked President Gregory Washington to issue an apology to the university community, conduct trainings to ensure race is not used in any university policy and revise policies as necessary.

… In a statement, acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor alleged Washington implemented “unlawful DEI policies that intentionally discriminate on the basis of race.”…”
 
nycfan said:
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🎁 —> https://www.wsj.com/us-news/educati...3?st=BRbwaP&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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“… In late July, Attorney General Pam Bondi warned in a memo against using “unlawful proxies” for race—such as geography or applicant essays on overcoming hardships—in admissions. Soon after, the U.S. Education Department announced it would require universities to report new data on applicants, broken down by race, to “ensure race-based preferences are not used.”

Universities have been prohibited from using racial preferences in admissions since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023. The Trump administration suggests schools may be flouting the ban, though universities say they comply.

For conservatives and the administration, the current push represents a common-sense strategy to enforce and extend the Supreme Court’s ruling. Others say this approach distorts the court decision and could depress Black student enrollment, which has already fallen at some top colleges.

“There’s an effort to say that the law is something that it’s not. There’s an effort to say that it’s illegal to seek to have a diverse student body,” said Peter McDonough, general counsel for the American Council on Education, a university lobbying group.…”
 
nycfan said:
“… In late July, Attorney General Pam Bondi warned in a memo against using “unlawful proxies” for race—such as geography or applicant essays on overcoming hardships—in admissions. Soon after, the U.S. Education Department announced it would require universities to report new data on applicants, broken down by race, to “ensure race-based preferences are not used.”

Universities have been prohibited from using racial preferences in admissions since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023. The Trump administration suggests schools may be flouting the ban, though universities say they comply.

For conservatives and the administration, the current push represents a common-sense strategy to enforce and extend the Supreme Court’s ruling. Others say this approach distorts the court decision and could depress Black student enrollment, which has already fallen at some top colleges.

“There’s an effort to say that the law is something that it’s not. There’s an effort to say that it’s illegal to seek to have a diverse student body,” said Peter McDonough, general counsel for the American Council on Education, a university lobbying group.…”
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“…Some conservatives question schools where Black enrollment didn’t fall. “I suspect a goodly percentage are using illegal proxies,” said Edward Blum, an activist who helped bring the case against affirmative action to the Supreme Court. He noted that many universities had said it would be impossible to maintain racial diversity without affirmative action. …”

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So any University that didn’t see a decline in black students accepted will be forced to defend that?

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