Pursuant to the Oregon Publ ic Records Law, § 192.410 et seq., I write to
request the following records from the University of Oregon:
1. All communications from 2009 to the present from any member of the
state legislature or any member's staff or any officer or employee of
any part of the legislat ive branch of government that refers in any way
to the racial composition of the student body, increasing or decreasing
the number of any under-represented racial or ethnic minority on
campus, increasing or decreasing outreach or financial aid to members
of any underrepresented racial or ethnic minoriti es, modifying
admissions criteria in a way that is intended to increase or decrease the
number of any under-represented racial or ethnic minority on campus.
This request is limited to communications that relate in whole or in part
to the student body as a whole, the undergraduate student body as a
whole, and/or the law school student body.
2. All communications from any university offic ial, incl uding but not
limited to any president, chancellor, provost, vice provost, associate
provost, assistant provost, vice president, dean, vice dean, associate
dean, assistant dean, director of admissions, associate director of
admissions, assistant director of admissions, or facu lty chairman of any
admissions committee in response to a communication covered by
Item. I.
3. All communications from 2009 to the present to any university official
(as desc ribed above) from any donor, potential donor, alumnus or
alumna, student organization, public offi cial, other organization of any
kind urging that diversity or race/ethic-based admissions policies be
retained or stepped up or urging that more students from underrepresented
races or ethnic groups be admitted or that more facu lty
members from under-represented races or ethnic groups be hired. This
request is limited to communications that relate to the student body as a
whole, the undergraduate student body as a whole, and/or the law
school student body.
4. All communications from any university official (as described above)
in response to a communication covered by Item 3.
5. All applications by the university (or any of its subparts) from 2012 to
the present for a grant or other financi al benefit in which the grantmaking
foundation or agency requested information or was given
information about the racial and ethnic composition of the student
body, admittees or applicants or about efforts of the university to
recruit and enroll students from any under-represented racial or ethnic
minority. The request does NOT include applications by the uni versity
(or any of its subparts) for a grant or other financi al benefit in which
the grant-maker is a federal entity such as the Department of the
Defense, the National Science Foundation, or the National Institutes of
Health.
Communications related to racial composition
Requestor
Ellis, John
Organization
California Association of Scholars
Initial Request Date
04/09/2014