In an effort to comply with the 2003 Supreme Court rulings regarding affirmative action, some universities are opening up formerly minority-exclusive programs and scholarships to all students. While such programs target a broader demographic of students, there is debate as to whether modifying, and even terminating minority-exclusive programs is an appropriate reaction to the 2003 rulings.
Roger Clegg, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has filed complaints against a number of universities in an effort to insure that schools comply with the rulings and scholarships and programs to all students.
"There are a lot of programs out there that are being run in a racially exclusive way, not just racially preferential, but racially exclusive," Clegg said.
"You can't even apply unless you are the right skin color. These include summer programs, internships, some scholarships and so forth. So what we have done is contact the schools who have these programs and point out that it is illegal because the Supreme Court has said that you have to 'individualize consideration' to students."
The Center's efforts began when they filed a complaint against MIT about four or five years ago, Clegg said.
"We sort of stepped things up in 2003 and have continued to contact schools in a fairly steady pace since then," Clegg said. "It may have slowed down
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