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Discusses the issues surrounding the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to permit the use of affirmative action in college admissions in 2003. Significance of the decision to universities; Reaction of several organizations to the decision; Decline in the enrollment of Michigan State University .

Reports on the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court rulings of affirmative action may prompt the implementation on race-conscious admissions at some colleges in the country. Effect of federal desegragation orders on colleges in Louisiana; Impact of Michigan rulings on campus diversity; Adoption of admissions criteria in public colleges.

Focuses on how the U.S. Supreme Court decision on use of affirmative action in admissions at the University of Michigan will affect public colleges around the country. Strategies adopted by some private colleges to prepare for the Michigan decision; Facts of the case; Reactions from scholars and lawyers.

Focuses on a protest among civil-rights activists in Florida against the proposed policy of Governor Jeb Bush to abolish affirmative action in university admissions and state contracting. Correlation of the plan to Texas Governor George W. Bush's plan to use high-school class rank as a determining factor in admissions; Reaction of Democrat minority voters against the Bushes' plans, in light of a speech from George W. Bush at Bob Jones University; Differences between the Texas and Florida policies.

Reports on the progress of Florida state officials' bid to end racial discrimination in college admissions in the state. Black and Hispanic lawmakers' condemnation of Florida Governor Jeb Bush's plan for race-blind entrance criteria to public universities; University of Florida interim president Charles Young's labeling of the proposal as an anti-affirmative action.

Reports the 1999 decision of Florida Governor Jeb Bush to stop using race as a factor in undergraduate and graduate admissions in the state's ten public universities. Introduction of a new admissions policy based on the class rank of high school students; Reactions of professors and students; Bush's reasons for eliminating affirmative actions in admissions decisions.

Reports on a plan by the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, to increase the enrollment of minority students. The lack of an enrollment numerical target reflecting the legal and political climate that has taken hold since the University's last high-profile drive to increase campus diversity in 1988; Fear of lawsuits and political upheaval that have strangled efforts at public colleges in other states; Description of the plan. INSET: Different goals for different decades.

Reports that United States District Court Judge Bernard A. Friedman has ruled that the admission policies at the University of Michigan's Law School are unconstitutional because race plays too large a role in the admissions. Order issued by Friedman to the university in line with the ruling; Impact of the ruling on affirmative action in admissions; Admission of Afro-Americans in the law school.

Reports on the plan of the University of California Board of Regents to overturn a policy enacted in 1995 that bars the use of affirmative action in university admissions. Admission of minority students at the university in 2000; Amount allotted by the university for its outreach program; Argument against the overturning of the policy.

Reports on the ruling of a judge in Florida that will end affirmative action in college admissions. Challenge to the plan of Governor Jeb Bush by the United States National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); How the plan will admit the top twenty percent of graduating seniors in Florida to schools in the State University System of Florida; Problems with the plan, including different academic standards in public schools.

Reports on the United States Commission on Civil Rights' criticisms of statewide admissions policies based on class rank. Substitute for and arguments in favor of affirmative action programs; Efforts to draw minority students from largely segregated high schools; Presidential candidates Al Gore's and George W. Bush's views on the issue.

Reports on the increase in minority applicants admitted on University of California campuses since 1997, the last year for affirmative action. Comparison the actual number and the percentage rate in 1999; Enrolment of black and Hispanic students.

Cites developments concerning the education policies of several states in the United States as of February 25, 2000. Adoption by the Board of Regents of Florida's public university system of Governor Jeb Bush's plan to end affirmative action in undergraduate admissions; National Governors Association's report on the establishment of professional development programs for elementary and high school teachers.

Focuses on affirmative action programs in public universities in Florida and Massachusetts. Florida public university system Board of Regents' postponement of a final vote on a ban on the use of race in university admissions; Decision of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to permanently adopt a plan to limit affirmative action.

Discusses the efforts of university officials in Florida to postpone the elimination of affirmative action in graduate and professional-school admissions. Concern that minority enrollment in graduate schools will drop; Expected time frame; Affirmative action in undergraduate schools in Florida; Other considerations.

Reports proposal to terminate affirmative actions in public-college admissions in Florida. Replacement of racial preferences in admission; Admission of high school graduates in public universities; Adoption of class-rank criterion; Criticisms on the proposal.

Focuses on the efforts of college officials in Texas to recruit minority students. The 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision which banned the use of affirmative action by Texas institutions; Use of an adversity index to increase the number of scholarships offered by Texas schools to minority students; Role of campus location in students' college choices; Insecurities of minority students who do not feel welcome at Texas schools.

Presents state higher education-related news for June 4, 1999. Appointment of Marshall Drummond, former president of Eastern Washington University, as chancellor of the Los Angeles (California) Community College District; Lawsuits charging discrimination and perpetuation of racial segregation at Texas Southern University; A panel's defense of affirmative action in higher education.

Focuses on how University of Wisconsin approved a plan to increase its enrollment of minority students. Campus plans to establish recruitment efforts for minority students; Discouragement of enrollment goals; How the small student to faculty ratio makes it effective but expensive; Lack of specific commercial targets for enrollment; Opponents of affirmative action; Possibility of lawsuits.

Reports that students rallied to support affirmative-action programs at various universities in 1998. Low turnout for the event titled `National Days of Action to Defend Affirmative Action'; Largest rally held at the University of California at Berkeley; Comments from Bob Jensen, professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reports that a federal judge in Texas has refused to award damages to the white plaintiffs in an affirmative-action lawsuit filed against the University of Texas. The determination that the plaintiffs would not have been admitted to the University of Texas law school even if it had used a race-neutral admission process; Details of the decision in the trial known as Hopwood v. Texas.

Offers education news briefs. Alumnus which sued the law school at the University of California at Berkeley, charging that university officials had circumvented Proposition 209, a statewide ban on racial and gender preferences; Ruling that the University of Cincinnati must follow Ohio's competitive-bidding laws for a conference center under construction; Legal case over Idaho State University giving college credit for church-sponsored religion classes.

Reports on a study conducted by Robert C. Davidson and Ernest L. Lewis which looked at the performance of medical students accepted through affirmative action versus those accepted under traditional standards. Details of the study; How students accepted through affirmative action had a higher failure rate; Other findings.