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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Briefs were recently filed in the case Piscataway Board of Education v. Taxman, a dispute over the legality of using race as a basis for employment decisions. The court has scheduled oral arguments for later in the fall. Officials worry that a broad ruling in this case could outlaw colleges' use of racial preferences to promote diversity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Threats to Affirmative Action and Federal Funding Force New Activism | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...basic issue in the case is whether the Piscataway school board acted unconstitutionally in 1989 when it laid off Sharon Taxman, a white teacher at a local high school, instead of an equally qualified black teacher who was the only minority member of the school's business faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Threats to Affirmative Action and Federal Funding Force New Activism | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...softball in the ECAC Tournament. There's nothing like two days of softball excitement in Piscataway, N.J. The Crimson, seeded last, surprised almost everyone by advancing to the finals...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Final Notes | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...Piscataway, N.J.--No matter how one puts it, yesterday's losses for the Harvard softball team to Providence hurt...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: A 'Cupp'le Great Days | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

...clearer about race-based firing: they have ruled in favor of whites who have lost their jobs in order to accommodate minorities. Which is why the Clinton Administration seems to be asking for trouble with its handling of a New Jersey case that involves a 1989 faculty layoff at Piscataway High School. The choice came down to two equally qualified teachers who had equal seniority. Ordinarily, that would have meant a coin toss to decide the loser. Instead the school board dismissed one of them, Sharon Taxman, who is white, arguing that keeping the other, who is black, was essential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW PUSH FOR BLIND JUSTICE | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

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