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Research: Archive For your convenience, we have made an effort to include only final publications in our Research section. Use the Archive to search for all of our publications (working papers included) produced to date. The Civil Rights Project is proud to make available free copies of its final reports online. If you would like a bound paper copy of any of our books or final reports, please fill out our Order Form.
Index of all Research Items Historic Reversals, Accelerating Resegregation, and the Need for New Integration StrategiesChungmei Lee and Gary Orfield. August 29, 2007 This new report released by The Civil Rights Project at UCLA finds that for the first time in three decades, the South is in danger of losing its leadership as the nation's most integrated schools. The report examines the effects of the dual processes of racial transformation and resegregation on the educational opportunity of students, as well as the relationship between race and poverty and its implications in light of the recent Supreme Court decisions. The report concludes with recommendations for school districts.
Charting the Future of College Affirmative Action: Legal Victories, Continuing Attacks, and New Research Edited by Gary Orfield, Patricia Marin, Stella M. Flores and Liliana M. Garces. July 23, 2007 The right of universities to take race-conscious action to diversify their student bodies rested for a quarter century on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in the 1978 Bakke case, which left almost no one satisfied and many conservatives convinced that an increasingly conservative Supreme Court would outlaw affirmative action. After a huge national mobilization over two crucial cases against the University of Michigan which were decided in 2003, Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, it seemed likely that the surprisingly positive decision from the Court's majority in Grutter would set a relatively clear path for the next quarter century. In that decision, from a Court much more conservative than the Bakke Court, Justice O'Connor, writing for the majority, solidified the rationale for affirmative action and expanded on its justifications. Overall, Grutter seemed to be a sweeping victory for supporters of affirmative action.
School Accountability under NCLB: Aid or Obstacle for Measuring Racial Equity? Ann Owens and Gail L. Sunderman. October 10, 2006 At the core of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) are relatively simple but controversial accountability provisions: all schools and districts must meet state standards by 2014. In this policy brief, the Civil Rights Project reviewed state progress towards meeting the NCLB accountability requirements and found that many schools, once identified as needing improvement, are not moving out of improvement status and new schools continue to be added to the list of schools needing improvement.
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