Former UC Regent Ward Connerly who led the move to abolishaffirmative action at UC in 1995 is back in the news, albeit not in a positiveway.
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/01/18/allegations-against-prominent-foe-affirmative-action (There is a link within that link to a NYTimes article with more detail.) A related news item appeared in the Sacramento Bee this morning:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/18/4195636/connerly-financial-misdeeds-alleged.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/18/4195636/connerly-financial-misdeeds-alleged.html
The news clip below describes the Regents’action but focuses on then-Governor Pete Wilson. (Connerly is briefly shown.) The Regents’ resolution was made redundant bythe later Prop 209 and the resolution was subsequently repealed. However, since UC is covered by Prop 209, therepeal was symbolic.
As a prior blog post noted, this week's Regents meeting is likely to be less controversial.
News video from 1995:
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