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• Diversity efforts at UGA - Letters - Letter to the Editor

  - 2003-02-27

  The Black Issues in Higher Education Jan. 30 story on the University of Georgia presents a distorted hinge of the university's quest for a diverse student body. The same report that the story uses to convey a negative view of the university's recruitment of African American students actually lauds much...

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• University of Georgia continues to retool admissions policy; but still no consideration of race - Noteworthy News - Brief Article

  - 2002-08-29

  ATHENS, GA. The University of Georgia's fall 2003 admissions policy will emphasize applicants' academic achievement, with some modifications from the fall 2002 process, according to UGA officials. But the new policy still will not consider race. Last year, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled...

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• Georgia regents won't appeal university admissions case to supreme court - Atlanta - Brief Article

  - 2001-12-06

  ATLANTA A court ruling declaring the University of Georgia's admissions policy unconstitutional because it considers race will not be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Regents said last month. Instead, the university will focus on recruitment efforts to increase the number of Black students, the regents...

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• Reparations and Affirmative Action: What You Owe Me - University of Georgia admissions policy case - Review

  - 2001-09-27

  Veteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault was one of the first two African Americans to attend the University of Georgia in 1961. Hamilton Holmes and Hunter-Gault had their admission to college delayed for two years while the University of Georgia tried to deny them admittance to the college. When they were admitted,...

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• Appeals Court Throws Out Race-Conscious Admissions Policy At UGA - University of Georgia - Brief Article

  - 2001-09-13

  ATLANTA A federal appeals court late last month declared unconstitutional an admissions policy at the University of Georgia that gave minorities a numerical boost. The three-judge panel 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of three White women who were denied admission in...

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• NAACP Lawyer Discusses Affirmative Action College Admission Court Cases.

  - 2001-08-29

  By Bill Rankin, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 29--If the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue of affirmative action in university admissions, the University of Georgia's program is not the best case for review, an NAACP...

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• UGA Experiences Decline Among Black Applicants - University of Georgia - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

  - 2001-03-01

  ATHENS, GA. Fewer than 900 Black high school seniors have applied for admission to the University of Georgia this fall -- a drop of almost 20 percent from last year. Just 897 Black seniors had applied by Feb. 1, down from 1,100 who had applied by Feb. 1,2000....

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• Lawyer Files New Brief on UGA Admissions Policy - University of Georgia's use of race in admissions - Brief Article

  - 2000-12-21

  ATHENS, GA. Lawyers who oppose the University of Georgia's use of race in its admissions process filed another brief late last month at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Attorney Lee Parks accused the university of "state-sponsored discrimination." "The brief includes a complaint against the...

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• U.S. Lawyers Ask Judges to Overturn Decision on UGA Admissions - use of race in University of Georgia admissions - Brief Article

  - 2000-11-23

  In a strongly worded appeal, lawyers for the federal government have urged an appeals court to overturn a decision against the University of Georgia's use of race in its admissions. Officials at the U.S. Department of Justice say U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield was wrong to conclude that...

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• University of Georgia Files Appeal in Race-Based Admissions Ruling - Brief Article

  - 2000-08-31

  SAVANNAH, GA. The University of Georgia's president, Dr. Michael F. Adams, announced here earlier this month that the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia will pursue an "extremely vigorous" legal appeal of a federal judge's decision that the university could not use race as a factor...

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