Online Resources for Relevant Projects
and National Studies

National Surveys and Other Social Science Research Involving Race/Ethnicity

• Surgeon General Report: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
• Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity
• The National Survey of American Life: Coping with Stress in the 21st Century (NSAL; Dr. James Jackson, PI).
  A large-scale study of the "physical, emotional, mental, structural, and economic conditions of African Americans" at the beginning of the 21st century -- undertaken by the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, developed with sponsorship from the National Institute of Mental Health.
• The National Asian American and Latino Study (NLAAS; Dr. Margarita Alegria and Dr. David Takeuchi, PIs)
• The National Comorbidity Study-Replication (Dr. Ron Kessler, PI)
• The American National Election Studies
• The General Social Survey
• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health
• American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Information and Research
  Diversity & Affirmative Action in Higher Education
• Shaw, E. J. (2005). Researching the Educational Benefits of Diversity. Report 2005-4. New York, NY: The College Board.
• Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP; University of California, Los Angeles)
  

Law-Related Research and Decisions Involving Race/Ethnicity

• University of Michigan Admissions Lawsuits, Supporting Research   Includes reports prepared for lawsuits, responses to critiques of U-M research, other research, and research links.
• Supreme Court of the United States, Grutter v. Bollinger et al.
• Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity
• The Bar Passage Study (Dr. Linda F. Wightman, PI)
• After the J.D.: First Results from a National Study of Law Careers (The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education)
• Update on Affirmative Action in Higher Education: A Current Legal Overview (AAUP)
• The 1995 National Study of Law Student Performance and Instrument (Sander, Knaplund, & Winter, 1995)
• Sander, R. (2005). A Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools. Original Report, Critiques, and Responses.

Organizations

• The American Bar Association
• The American Educational Research Association
• The American Psychological Association
• The American Sociological Association
• NALP
• Law School Admission Council

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