yet more questions:
“...The operational culture established by the Probate Court after the scandal of the ‘97 shake-up of trustees says that admissions were to be controlled by the new CEO, Hamilton McCubbin, and chief admissions officer Wayne Chang. But those two were overruled by the trustees and legal officer Wong....
Now here’s the corker. Up through the Rossel affair, K.S. admissions used the term qualified Hawaiians. That meant cut-off test scores. But that also lowered the number of OK applicants and opened the way for non-Hawaiians to get in if Hawaiian applications were very low. So the trustees changed the rules for school year 2003. No more test scores. Just a preference for anyone with any amount of Hawaiian blood.
The current website says “Hawaiian preference so far as permitted by law.” Ironically, that no-more-test-standards decision has really complicated things for the Hawaiians-only crowd. ...”
Lawsuits
Who exactly was sued? School officials? Trustees? Both?
What was the outcome of the lawsuits?
Where are the people involved in the lawsuits now? Jail? Free?
When were the lawsuits settled?
Admissions change
Why did Wong override the probate court decision?
What happened afterward? Another lawsuit?
Why change from test score method to heritage method for admission criteria?
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