In the News - 2012

University Denies Accusations Of Showing Racial Bias In Admissions: We Do It To Diversify Our Student Population, It Claims.
Human Resources Journal - 10/25/12

http://www.humanresourcesjournal.com/2012/10/university-denies-accusations-of-showing-racial-bias-in-admissions-we-do-it-to-diversify-our-student-population-it-claims/
Holland Sentinel - 10/24/12

University Of Oklahoma Accused Of Showing Racial Preference Before State Affirmative Action Vote

Huffington Post - 10/23/12

University accused of racial discrimination in admissions
OUDaily - 10/23/12

Think tank alleges racial discrimination in University of Oklahoma admissions
Newsok - 10/23/12

OU Accused Of Racial Discrimination When Admitting Students
Newson6.com - 10/23/12

Study suggests racial preferences in place at OU
San Francisco Chronicle - 10/22/12

Study Claims OU Shows Racial Discrimination
Fox News Oklahoma City - 10/22/12

Study Finds Admission Discrimination at the University of Oklahoma
Tulsa News - 10/22/12

CEO Responds to University of Oklahoma Statement School Makes Misleading Comments on CEO’s Admissions Study

(Oklahoma City, OK) A study released earlier today by the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) documented evidence of racial discrimination in law, undergraduate, and medical school admissions at the University of Oklahoma. The study, which analyzes data obtained from the University itself, found that African Americans were admitted to all three schools with lower academic qualifications than students from other racial and ethnic groups. There was some evidence of preferential treatment for American Indian applicants as well.

The University responded today in a statement, expressing disappointment that CEO did not allow the school to participate in the study and dismissing the strong evidence of racial discrimination our findings show. The school implies in its statement that African Americans make up for gaps in test scores and grades with stronger “writing ability,” “volunteerism,” and “work experience” than their Asian and white counterparts.

CEO president Roger Clegg responded: “As an independent organization doing an independent study, we analyzed data from the university and of course did not work with the University to prepare our study. The University did not challenge the data nor does it point out any errors in our analysis of it. The university’s statement and the various statements on its website fall short of saying admissions decisions are made on a race-blind basis.” Clegg continued, “Furthermore, the University says that it is following and will continue to follow federal Supreme Court decisions in this area, however, the Supreme Court’s case law in this area is relevant only if the University is using racial preferences. “

CEO chairman Linda Chavez added: “The university’s references to soft variables such as interviews and volunteerism are unpersuasive, since it is extremely unlikely that these variables would favor African American and American Indian applicants over white, Asian, and other applicants at such an overwhelming degree that they would explain the statistical patterns that our study documents (such as the gaps in standardized test scores and GPA).”

The study was written by Dr. Althea Nagai, a research fellow at CEO. It is available on CEO’s website, www.ceousa.org. The Oklahoma Association of Scholars helped CEO obtain the data. CEO has published similar studies of racial and ethnic discrimination in admissions to dozens of universities since it was founded in 1995.

The Center for Equal Opportunity is a nonprofit research and educational organization that studies issues related to civil rights, bilingual education, and immigration and assimilation nationwide.

In the News - 2008

Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative Passes Overwhelmingly

(Lincoln, Nebraska) A new study released today by the Center for Equal Opportunity documents evidence of severe discrimination based on race and ethnicity in law school admissions at the University of Nebraska. African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latinos are admitted with significantly lower undergraduate grade-point averages and LSAT scores than whites and, again to a lesser extent, Asians.

The study is based on data supplied by the University itself. The study was prepared by Dr. Althea Nagai, a resident fellow at CEO, and can be viewed on the organization’s website, www.ceousa.org. The executive summary of the study is attached.

CEO president Roger Clegg will answer questions about the study when it is formally released at a press conference today at 10:30 a.m. in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska (Nebraska City Campus Union, Pewter Room). 

CEO chairman Linda Chavez noted that the odds ratio favoring African Americans over whites was 442 to 1. She pointed out, “During the two years studied (the entering classes of 2006 and 2007), 389 whites were rejected by the law school despite higher LSATs and undergraduate GPAs than the average black admittee. Racial discrimination in university admissions is always appalling. But the extremely heavy weight given to race by the University of Nebraska College of Law is off the charts.”

Roger Clegg stressed that not only was race weighed, but it was weighed much more heavily than residency status: “For instance, a white resident of Nebraska in 2007 was more than twenty times less likely to be admitted than an African American applicant from out of state.” 

CEO also analyzed undergraduate admissions, but did not find statistical evidence of discrimination there, based on the data provided by the University. The University’s medical school refused to supply similar data jointly requested by CEO and the Nebraska Association of Scholars.

In the News - 2006

• 
  Equality Advocate Blasts Compromise Exempting Michigan Schools From Prop 2 
  USA Religious News , December 27, 2006
• Supreme Court due to decide if race still matters in U.S.
  San Jose Mercury News , December 4, 2006
• US Supreme Court Tackles Issue of Race in Schools
  VOA News , December 4, 2006
• The Corner 
  National Review Online , December 4, 2006- By Roger Clegg
• Debate Over Segregation in Schools to Hit Supreme Court Today
  ABC News , December 4, 2006
• Failing Upward, Pt. 2
  National Review Online , November 30, 2006
• Debate flies over U.S. black lawyers
  UPI , November 29, 2006
• No long-term solution in Iraq
  Townhall , November 29, 2006- By Linda Chavez
• US unveils new citizenship test
  WorkPermit.com , November 27, 2006
• Milton Friedman, teacher
  Townhall , November 22, 2006- By Linda Chavez
• Workers' rights
  Townhall , November 15, 2006- By Linda Chavez
• New Challenge to Affirmative Action
  Inside Higher Ed , November 14, 2006
• Rejected applicant alleges bias against Asians
  Daily Princetonian , November 13, 2006
• Michigan Voters approve measure to end Racial Discrimination in college admissions
  Red State , November 12, 2006
• Experts: Prop 2 likely to hold up
  Detroit News , November 10, 2006
• Is Admissions Bar Higher for Asians At Elite Schools? 
  Wall Street Journal , November 10, 2006
• Immigration bust
  Townhall , November 9, 2006- By Linda Chavez
• Learning from the MCRI
  National Review Online , November 9, 2006- By Roger Clegg
• Affirmative Action in Michigan Hangs in Balance
  BET.com , November 7, 2006
• Affirmative-Action Foes Take Lead in Polls: How Will You Vote?
  Diversity Inc. , November 7, 2006
• Linda Chavez meets with President Bush 
  ABC News , March 23, 2006
• Say No to Race-Based Admissions
  CBS News , November 7, 2006
• Uncivil Rights 
  Wall Street Journal , November 7, 2006
• Apolitical' coaches take harmful political stance
  Petoskey News , November 2, 2006
• Ignore anti-Prop 2 scare tactics
  Detroit News , November 1, 2006
• Now the GOP Is For Affirmative Action?
  City Journal, November 1, 2006
• Who's to blame for anti-gay-marriage initiatives?
  Townhall , November 1, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Race Preferences Vote Splits Michigan
  NY Times , October 31, 2006
• Campaign to End Race Preferences Splits Michigan
  Times Daily , October 31, 2006
• AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A lot at stake if ban is passed
  Detroit Free Press , October 26, 2006
• Campaign '06: A Fight Over Affirmative Action in Michigan
  Time , October 26, 2006
• Holding my nose and voting Republican
  Townhall , October 25, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Michigan Initiative Bids to End Affirmative Action
  Hispanic Business , October 24, 2006
• Affirmative action 'too far,' group says
  UPI , October 18, 2006
• Affirmative action ballot proposal debated in western Michigan
  MLive.com , October 18, 2006
• Study Shows Biased Policies at University of Michigan
  NY Sun , October 18, 2006
• Discrimination alive and well
  Townhall , October 18, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• CEO vs. UM
  National Review Online , October 17, 2006
• Study: Race still key at U-M
  Detroit News , October 17, 2006
• Discrimination Continues
  On the Michigan front
  National Review , October 17, 2006
• Affirmative action: Does it help or hurt?
  Detroit Free Press , October 17, 2006
• New Salvos on Affirmative Action
  Inside Higher Ed , October 17, 2006
• AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Battle heats up as election nears
  Detroit Free Press , October 17, 2006
• Race in Michigan 
  National Review Online , October 17, 2006 - By John J. Miller
• White Student Sues For Racial Discrimination
  Townhall , October 13, 2006
• States Are Growing More Lenient in Allowing Felons to Vote 
  NY Times , October 12, 2006
• Hypocrisy has no party label
  Townhall , October 4, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Snatching Victory From Defeat
  Hispanic Business , September, 2006
• The Islamists' war
  Townhall , September 20, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Forum opens debate on immigration 
  MLive.com , September 16, 2006
• School-by-skin-color is a bad lesson for kids 
  LA Times, September 13, 2006
• The Disenfranchised of History . . . and Now 
  WSJ, September 13, 2006
• Time to focus on winning Iraq
  Townhall , September 13, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• New Study Shows US-Born Hispanics Prefer English
  American Academy of Political and Social Science , September 13, 2006
• Better reform
  Townhall , September 6, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Activism, soaring language, disputes mark Patrick's career
  Boston Globe , September 6, 2006
• Black Coaches Association will use Title VII as tool in encouraging diversity in NCAA
  USA Today , September 5, 2006
• Plamegate over
  Townhall , August 30, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Franchise Protection 
  Wall Street Journal , August 26, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Not Exactly "Voluntary" 
  NRO , August 25, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Banishing factoids
  Townhall , August 23, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• We are losing the war
  Townhall , August 16, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Bodies on display
  Townhall , August 9, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Rosen: Lamm criticism unjust
  Rocky Mountain News , August 4, 2006
• The new anti-Semitism
  Townhall , August 3, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Bush to sign voting act that he once opposed
  Washington Times , July 27, 2006
• Testing teachers
  Townhall , July 26, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Civil rights hiring shifted in Bush era
  Boston Globe , July 23, 2006
• Our common enemy
  Townhall , July 19, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Hello, Silent Majority: It's time to speak out for immigration reform
  Dallas Morning News , July 16, 2006
• A Conservative Statement For Immigration Reform 
  Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2006
• Don’t Split the Baby
  National Review Online, July 13, 2006 - By Ed Blum
• Rove's rave 
  WorldNetDaily, July 12, 2006
• Congress' theater of the absurd
  Townhall , July 12, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Mexico decides
  Townhall , July 6, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Lieutenant Jackson: Dueling data complicate war on dropout rate 
  Shreveport Times , July 5, 2006
• Protecting secrets calls for strong measures
  Townhall , June 28, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• It's Discrimination 
  USAToday , June 25, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Plan bans discrimination, not all affirmative action
  Detroit Free Press , June 26, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Schools' Efforts on Race Await Justices' Ruling 
  NY Times , June 24, 2006
• Every Man’s Burden 
  National Review , June 22, 2006
• Perpetual Gerrymandering 
  National Review , June 22, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Loose lips
  Townhall , June 21, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Official Word on the Voting Rights Act 
  National Reveiw , June 21, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• For Andy 
  Townhall , June 14, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Taking Notice of Job Notices 
  National Review, June 12, 2006
• Why Race And Education Are Still Up In The Air
  USNews , June 9, 2006
• Revisiting affirmative action 
  Townhall , June 7, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Immigrants Are Meeting a Need 
  Washington Post , June 6, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Another Swing at Affirmative Action 
  Inside Higher Ed,, June 6, 2006
• The Return of Equality? 
  National Review, June 6, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Affirmative action back to top court
  Chicago Tribune , June 5, 2006
• Pluribus Sine Unum 
  WSJ.com , June 5, 2006
• Illegal Immigrants: A Question of Loyalty 
  CBN , May 31, 2006
• Republican hypocrisy 
  Townhall , May 31, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Empowerment through English
  Townhall , May 25, 2006
• The Real Meaning of Courage 
  Townhall , May 24, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• No Habla Espanol 
  National Review , May 22, 2006
• Witness silenced 
  Washington Times, May 19, 2006
• A Small Tent Circus 
  Powerline, May 18, 2006
• Mutiny at EEOC?
  Washington Times, May 18, 2006
• Disinvited
  Opinion Journals , May 17, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Assimilation is the key
  Townhall , May 17, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• More Racial Gerrymanders 
  Atlantic Online , May 16, 2006
• An Illegal Advantage
  CBS News , May 10, 2006
• CIA choice is savvy politics
  Townhall, May 10, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Just Say No ... to Bilingual Ballots
  Human Events Online, May 08, 2006
• Panel hears differing views on Voting Rights Act
  Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 5,, 2006
• Indiscriminate Discrimination 
  National Review, May 4, 2006 - By Edward Blum and Roger Clegg
• CIA Cleanup
  Townhall, April 26, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Media Manufactured Crisis: High School Dropouts 
  Post Chronicle , April 23, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Linda Chavez speaks at Victoria College
  Victoria Advocate , April 21, 2006
• From the House of Bad Ideas 
  National Review , April 18, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Anti-antis up the ante
  Washington Times , April 16, 2006
• Linda Chavez on the O’Reilly Factor
  Fox News , April 12, 2006
• Conservative revolution has quietly been taking place
  The South End, April 11, 2006
• Republican Party, Steele Not as Distant as Appears
  Fox News , April 9, 2006
• The children we never had
  Renew America, April 6, 2006
• Answering a few questions on immigration
  Townhall, April 5, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• The economic truths of immigration reform
  Townhall.com, April
• Legislators push to open minority aid to all students
  The Campus Press, April 3, 2006
• Hispanicic Students Step Into the Spotlight
  Washington Post , April 2, 2006
• American Dreams, Foreign Flags
  NY Times, March 30, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Fixing Immigration
  Townhall, March 29, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland), Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com
  Black America, March 28, 2006
• Extension of Voting Act Is Likely Despite Criticism 
  NY Times , March 27, 2006
• Minority Scholarships Opening To All 
  Caroll News , March 26, 2006
• Linda Chavez meets with President Bush 
  ABC News , March 23, 2006
• Hispanic immigrants becoming Americans
  Townhall, March 22, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Harvard Med Alters Admissions Process
  Inside Higher Ed, March 22, 2006
• College Diversity Downsizing
  Black Enterprise , March 21, 2006
• Colleges and Universities Open Minority Aid to All 
  AACRAO, March 20, 2006
• Bad Standards
  National Review Online , March 16, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• Google can't have it both ways
  Townhall, March 15, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Leery Colleges Change Aid Policies
  Hispanic Business, March 15, 2006
• Not All Black and White
  National Review Online, March 15, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• The Radicalization of American Legal Education, Revisited: Why the Right's Efforts Are Good for Law Schools and the Law
  FindLaw, March 15, 2006
• Colleges Open Minority Aid to All Comers 
  NY TImes , March 14, 2006
• GOP Presidential Hopefuls Get Ready for 2008
  ABC News March 10, 2006
• THE REAL PORT-SECURITY TEST 
  The New York Post, March 10, 2006
• The Other Problem at the Port
  Townhall.com, March 8, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• A Defeat for the Diversity Mongers
  The Weekly Standard, March 6, 2006
• Memo to the Supreme Court
  US News and World Report , March 2, 2006
• Don’t Get Your Robes Caught in the Thicket 
  National Review Online , March 1, 2006
• From Taliban to Ivy League
  Townhall.com, March 1, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Conservatives and libs should continue to unite against High Court misruling
  Townhall.com, February 22, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Universities opening equal opportunities to all students
  The Northern Light, February 21, 2006
• Admissions and good intentions
  North Jersey Media Group, February 19, 2006
• What Is Judicial Activism? Roger Clegg Explains
  Human Events Online, February 17, 2006
• Under Pressure from Justice Dept., Southern Illinois University Agrees to Change Minority Fellowships
  civilrights.org, February 15, 2006
• Who Gets In? Admissions officers asking race question
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 15, 200
• Women We Love
  National Review Online, February 14, 2006
• From 'Minority' to 'Diversity'
  The Chronicle, February 3, 2006
• SIU settles with Justice Department
  Daily Egyptian, February 8, 2006
• The State of the President
  Townhall.com, February 1, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• SIUC Groups Read DOJ Decree 
  The Southern Illinosian, January 27, 2006
• Shut up and Act
  Townhall.com, January 25, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Who's Playing Politics? 
  National Review Online, January 25, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• SUNY Formula for Aid Debated 
  Times Union, January 20, 2006
• God and New Orleans
  Townhall.com, January 18, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• UnKingly Statutes
  National Review Online, January 13, 2006 - By Roger Clegg
• The Democrats Miss Their Target 
  Townhall.com, January 11, 2005 - By Linda Chavez
• Fit to be Tied 
  New York Sun, December 16, 2005
• The Anti-Anti-Terrorists 
  Townhall.com, January 4, 2006 - By Linda Chavez
• Felon Voting Rights Conflict Hits Federal Court 
  The New Standard, January 2, 2006

Linda Chavez

Chairman

7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 231
Falls Church, VA 22043

Tel: 703-442-0066
Fax: 703-442-0449 
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Linda Chavez is Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity. She also writes a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country and is a political analyst for FOX News Channel. Chavez authored Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation (Basic Books 1991), which the Denver Post described as a book that "should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike." National Review described Chavez's memoir, An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal (Basic Books 2002), as a "brilliant, provocative, and moving book." Chavez's latest book, Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt American Politics (Crown Books, 2004), describes how unions divert hundreds of millions of dollars into political campaigns, often without their members' knowledge or permission, and the public policy consequences that ensue. In 2000, Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a "Living Legend" for her contributions to America's cultural and historical legacy. In January 2001, Chavez was President George W. Bush's nominee for Secretary of Labor until she withdrew her name from consideration.

Chavez has held a number of appointed positions, among them Chairman, National Commission on Migrant Education (1988-1992); White House Director of Public Liaison (1985); Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1983-1985); and she was a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (1984-1986). Chavez was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland in 1986. In 1992, she was elected by the United Nations' Human Rights Commission to serve a four-year term as U.S. Expert to the U.N. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

Chavez was also editor of the prize-winning quarterly journal American Educator (1977-1983), published by the American Federation of Teachers, where she also served as assistant to AFT president Al Shanker (1982-1983) and assistant director of legislation (1975-1977).

Chavez serves on the Board of Directors of ABM Industries, Inc., Pilgrim's Pride, and IDT Capital, a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, as well as on boards of several non-profit organizations. Chavez is also active in the Republican Party and chairs the Latino Alliance, a federally registered political action committee.

Chavez was born in Albuquerque, NM, on June 17, 1947, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1970. She is married and is the mother of three sons. Her son Rudy serves as Executive Director at the Center for Equal Opportunity. She currently lives in Purcellville, Virginia.

In the News - 2007

• Shooting itself in the foot again
  Townhall , March 16, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Scapegoat
  Townhall , March 9, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Clintons' Hypocrisy Catching Up
  Townhall , March 2, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Parents' Dilemma
  Townhall , February 23, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Barack Obama and the Breakdown in Family
  Townhall , February 16, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Union Free Choice
  Townhall , February 9, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• The Predator Next Door
  Townhall , February 2, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Colleges Regroup After Voters Ban Race Preferences
  NY Times, January 30, 2007
• The Michigan Win
  National Review , January 30, 2007- By Ward Connelly
• NY Times Details Efforts to Circumvent Affirmative Action Bans
  Newsbusters , January 26, 2007
• How to Cure the Health Insurance Crisis
  Townhall , January 26, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Advocates for Black Students Worry That Foes of Affirmative Action Have Found New Avenue of Attack
  Chonicle of Higher Ed., January 23, 2007
• Towson U. Gives Men With Low Grades a Chance at College
  Chonicle of Higher Ed., January 22, 2007
• Broken Promise
  The Weekly Standard, January 20, 2007
• Collateral Damage in the Immigration War
  Townhall , January 19, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• What’s the Matter with Harlem?
  National Review Online , January 17, 2007
• Are You "Overrepresented"?
  National Review Online , January 15, 2007- By Roger Clegg
• Playing Politics
  Townhall , January 12, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• Little Asia on the Hill 
  NY Times , January 7, 2007
• Changing of the guard
  Townhall , January 5, 2007- By Linda Chavez
• The Conservative Movement: Suggested Organizations and Websites, Part II
  Conservative Movement , January 2, 2007

Rudy Gersten

Executive Director

7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 231
Falls Church, VA 22043

Tel: 703-442-0066
Fax: 703-442-0449
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Rudy Gersten is Executive Director of the Center for Equal Opportunity.  Mr. Gersten graduated from the University of Maryland in 2000, majoring in Government and Politics with a minor in Criminology and Criminal Justice. He began working for the Center for Equal Opportunity in the summers of '98 and '99, and joined CEO full-time in February of 2001. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Gersten served as Director of Operations in charge of CEO accounting and office management. In January 2008, he was promoted to Executive Director. He currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland.