Information/Resources

 

Diversity Resources:

• MnSCU Diversity Resources

Facts and Articles:

• Facts about Executive Order 11246
• In Motion Magazine: Listing of articles, supreme court decisions and interviews
• American Council on Education : Making the Case for Affirmative Action in Higher Education
• Chronicle news articles: Affirmative Action

Federal Enforcement Agencies:

• US Department of Education (Office for Civil Rights) - http://www.ed.gov/ocr
• US Department of Justice (Civil Rights Division) - http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/drs/drshome.php
• US Department of Labor (Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs) – http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - http://www.eeoc.gov/

Organizations and Offices:

• American Association for Affirmative Action:  http://www.affirmativeaction.org
• Center for Equal Opportunity: http://www.ceousa.org
• Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights: http://www.cccr.org/
• Minnesota Department of Human Rights: http://www.humanrights.state.mn.us/

Reading:

• When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth Century America. By: Ira Katznelson (Amazon.com)
• Ten Myths about Affirmative Action. By: Scott Plous
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