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Briefing Reports

Briefing Report Cover The Multiethnic Placement Act Minorities in Foster Care and Adoption

The report examines the enactment of the Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) and its effect on reducing the amount of time minority children spend in foster care or wait to be adopted.
Briefing Report Cover Title IX Athletics: Accommodating Interests and Abilities

The Commission developed findings and recommendations on the U.S. Department of Education's Intercollegiate Athletics Policy.
Briefing Report Cover Domestic Wiretapping in the War on Terror

This report addresses the constitutional implications of wiretapping in the war on terror, the role of the President and Congress in national security policy-making and program authorization, and the impact of surveillance programs on Arab Americans and other groups.
Report Cover for Statutory Enforcement 2009 ​​​​​​​Civil Rights and the Mortgage Crisis

This report examines whether federal efforts to increase homeownership rates among minority and low-income individuals may have unintentionally weakened underwriting standards and lending policies to the point that too many borrowers were vulnerable to financial distress and heightened risk of default.
Briefing Report Cover Supplemental Educational Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act

This report examines whether school districts were effectively implementing the Supplemental Educational Services program. It also addresses other questions of the program, performance, funding, and impediments to providers.