There are few things more precious on any university campus than freedom of thought and expression, ... That is the teaching of the First Amendment, and I believe it should be the principle we live by at Columbia University.
"Lee Carroll Bollinger" is an American lawyer and educator who is serving as the 19th List of Presidents of Columbia University/president of Columbia University. Formerly the president of the University of Michigan, he is a noted legal scholar of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution/First Amendment and freedom of speech. He was at the center of two notable United States Supreme Court cases regarding the use of affirmative action in admissions processes.
In July 2010, Bollinger was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York board of directors for 2011. Previously, he had served as Deputy Chair.
More Lee Bollinger on Wikipedia.In the Bakke decision, the Powell opinion recognized that it's important to think in terms of racial diversity and ethnic diversity.
I became concerned that the grids might be misinterpreted.
We do look at that, ... but it doesn't mean those qualifications or traits trump everything else.
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