Lee Bollinger
Lee Bollinger
Lee Carroll Bollingeris an American lawyer and educator who is serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. Formerly the president of the University of Michigan, he is a noted legal scholar of the 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...
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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.
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In the Bakke decision, the Powell opinion recognized that it's important to think in terms of racial diversity and ethnic diversity,