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It appears as if the Univerisity of Texas is significantly increasing its offering of online courses.  These will be availble to students throughout the world.  But, doesn't this further undercut the University's purported interest in attaining the benefits that flow from a diverse student body?  How can a university student achieve the benefits of ...

Next week, in Fisher v. University of Texas, the Supreme Court will consider whether the university's admissions policies and procedures which grant preferences to students of certain races and ethnic backgrounds violate the Equal Protection Clause. Colleges grant racial preferences in admissions to increase the enrollment of minority students.  C ...

Next, week, on October 10, 2012, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas.  As the parties discuss whether the University of Texas can justify its race-conscious admissions policy, one topic sure to arise is academic mismatch. Academic mismatch begins when elite universities lower their academic standards to admit ...

The Weekly Standard ran an article this week on the twenty or so briefs that were filed on behalf of Abigail Fisher in her challenge to the University of Texas's race-based admissions policy.  The article finds PLF's brief, which was joined by the Center for Equal Opportunity, American Civil Rights Institute, National Association of Scholars, and P ...

The Supreme Court today denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed by nine minority students in the case called Students Doe v. Lower Merion School District.  The students claimed their school district discriminated against them on the basis of their race when it created new attendance zones in order to racially balance two high schools.  The ...

In one of the most outrageous claims I've seen in a while, two attorneys for the Asian Law Caucus argue that the Supreme Court should uphold Grutter, because overturning it would have a devastating effect on Asian-American students.  Talk about chutpah!  Of course the truth is exactly the opposite, more than any other racial group, Asian-Americans ...

After the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania finished spending millions of dollars to modernize its two high schools, it decided to "equalize" student attendance.  District planners intended to force the same number of students to enroll at each school by redistricting the school assignment zones.  Parents and students were outraged after ...

It has been widely reported that the University of Texas has decided to forgo representation from the Texas Attorney General's Office in Fisher.  Instead, the University is going to spend $1 million on outside counsel.  That price tag is for one opposition brief and the oral argument.  Doesn't one million dollars seem a bit high?  A number of blog ...

The Mainline Media News published an excellent article regarding PLF's amicus brief in the case Student Does v. Lower Merion School District. As the article explains, the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania targeted a neighborhood for redistricting because of its large concentration of African American students.  PLF filed its brief becau ...