Home Deans' Memos MEMORANDUM 99-9
February 12, 1999
| To: | Deans of Member and Fee-Paid Schools |
| From: | Carl C. Monk |
| Subject: | Letter from Higher Education Leaders Regarding Affirmative Action |
Enclosed is the letter on affirmative action I referred to in my remarks at the Deans' Workshop last week. This letter is jointly signed by Stan Ikenberry, President of the American Council on Education, and Tom Ingram, President of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Attached to the letter is a statement on the importance of diversity of higher education endorsed by the Association of American Law Schools and many other higher education groups.
If members of your central administration or trustees express any concerns about affirmative action I urge you to share these materials with them, and have them contact the leadership of any of the organizations endorsing the letter.
Enclosure
[To view the letter on affirmative action, the statement on the importance of
diversity and the list of organizations that endorse the statement, please visit the following
page:
www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/1999/01january/letters_anti_afirmative.html.]
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