New U.Va. president shaped by affirmative action

The Washington Examiner
By: Leah Fabel Examiner Staff Writer
January 14, 2010

Teresa Sullivan will leave a $366,000 salary at Michigan for $680,000, including benefits, at the University of Virginia. (AP)
Battles over affirmative action have shaped the career of the University of Virginia's incoming president, who has fought for more minorities on campus.
As provost at the Universities of Texas and Michigan, Teresa Sullivan managed the effect of two major legal decisions stopping student admissions weighted by race and gender. She intensified the universities' recruitment of more diverse student bodies even as the law required admissions to be colorblind.
At Michigan, Sullivan co-chaired a diversity task force after the state's 2006 decision banning affirmative action. She told the Detroit Free Press that the school would leverage existing programs to reach students in underrepresented schools and neighborhoods.Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/New-U_Va_-president-shaped-by-affirmative-action-8755977-81328292.html#ixzz0cd3LgxOr