James defined what affirmative action is in its most basic form. "(It) is a policy that encourages state institutions to take affirmative action to make sure their processes are fair," she explains.

In accordance with this policy, and in compliance with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Brandeis University promotes an affirmative action program that assures that Brandeis will ...

A majority on the US Supreme Court unraveled decades of case law on affirmative action this June when they found that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina’s use of race as a factor ...