Center for Equal Opportunity

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Center for Equal Opportunity
Founded1995
FounderLinda Chavez
TypeNational policy think tank
FocusColorblind admissions, anti-affirmative action
Area served
United States of America
Key people
Linda Chavez, Devon Westhill
Revenue$557,750 (2021)
Expenses$491,627 (2021)
Website www.ceousa.org
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The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is an American conservative think tank whose mission is to study, develop, and disseminate ideas that promote colorblind equal opportunity and oppose affirmative action in America. [1] [2] [3]

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Overview

Founding

The founder and chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity is Linda Chavez, and the president and general counsel is Devon Westhill. [2] [4] Westhill, who is Black, argues his degree from the University of North Carolina is worth less because of the university's non-colorblind admissions policy, as he believes others could assume he was admitted due to his race. [2]

Contributions

Since 1995, the Center for Equal Opportunity has released dozens of studies documenting the extent to which race is a factor in American college admissions at over 60 colleges and universities. [5] [6]

In 2019, it issued a complaint against Texas Tech's medical school that the school's use of race as an admissions criterion was illegal. The complaint was settled when the school announced it would no longer consider an applicant's race and/or ethnicity. [3] [7]

In 2021, Chavez argued U.S. democracy was threatened both by Donald Trump supporting election deniers and by progressive advocates of transgender rights and critical race theory. [8]

Present day

The Center for Equal Opportunity is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025, [9] a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican nominee win the 2024 presidential election. [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mission Statement & Purpose | Center for Equal Opportunity". www.ceousa.org. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Decades of stark divisions over affirmative action set for Supreme Court showdown". NBC News. October 28, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Najmabadi, Shannon (April 9, 2019). "Texas Tech Health Sciences Center agrees to stop considering race in admissions, ending federal inquiry". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Linda Chavez". PBS. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of Maryland". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. October 25, 2000. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Studies by Center for Equal Opportunity | Center for Equal Opportunity". www.ceousa.org. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Texas Tech medical school to stop using race in admissions". NBC News. April 10, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ Chavez, Linda (October 8, 2021). "Threats to Democracy Come From the Left and the Right". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Advisory Board". The Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  10. ↑ Mascaro, Lisa (August 29, 2023). "Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan to Dismantle the US Government and Replace It with Trump's Vision". Associated Press News . Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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