{"id":4289,"date":"2023-07-18T19:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2023-07-18T20:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:08:07","slug":"uw-madison-race-based-hiring-program-likely-unconstitutional-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4289","title":{"rendered":"UW-Madison Race-based Hiring Program Likely Unconstitutional, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/uw-madison-race-based-hiring\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"UW-Madison<\/p>\n

Race-based admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may not be the only thing that could be changing.<\/p>\n

A new report from Center for Investigative Oversight at the Institute for Reforming Government takes a look at the university\u2019s Target of Opportunity Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn practice, the TOP program creates a two-track system by which departments can hire \u2018diverse\u2019 candidates outside of the normal hiring process, giving the candidates a leg up over non-diverse candidates,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n

Anthony LoCoco, who is IRG\u2019s head of the Center for Investigative Oversight, wrote in an op-ed at the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that using race to determine who gets into college is largely unconstitutional. He said the same theory applies to race-based hiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilar to Harvard\u2019s and UNC\u2019s admissions policies, for example, the actions of several UW departments approximated racial balancing, something the Supreme Court reminded is \u2018patently unconstitutional\u2019,\u201d LoCoco wrote. \u201cUW\u2019s School of Business supported its TOP proposal with a helpful chart showing faculty race by percentage with imprecise categories like \u2018Asian,\u2019 \u2018White,\u2019 and \u2018African American\u2019 and expressed a desire that faculty and student racial diversification proceed \u2018at the same rate.\u2019 The School of Medicine and Public Health argued a targeted hire was necessary in part because \u2018[n]ationwide, there are only 4.2% of dermatologists of Hispanic origin compared with 16.3% in the general American population\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

LoCoco and his Center for Investigative Oversight compiled the report based on UW-Madison\u2019s TOP applications and reports.<\/p>\n

The university has not said what may become of the TOP program after the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling. Instead UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said in a statement that the school is reviewing the ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe full implications of today\u2019s ruling \u2014 both nationally and on our campus \u2014 will not be known for some time. UW\u2013Madison and UW System attorneys are now carefully reviewing the Court\u2019s opinions and monitoring the potential release of additional guidance from relevant federal agencies,\u201d Mnookin said in a statement to students, faculty members, and university workers.<\/p>\n

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has suggested ending the UW\u2019s race-based scholarship program because of its reliance on race. LoCoco suggested that lawmakers do the same with the TOP program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Wisconsin, as nationwide, if TOP programs and their ilk are not ultimately corrected legislatively, expect more litigation. The Supreme Court has made clear that it takes seriously the Equal Protection Clause\u2019s \u2018core purpose\u2019 of abolishing \u2018all governmentally imposed discrimination based on race.\u2019 Faculty diversity programs thus present those seeking to fully vindicate the \u2018colorblind Constitution,\u2019 in Justice Thomas\u2019 words, with a major target of opportunity,\u201d LoCoco added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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