Center for Equal Opportunity

American conservative think tank

(2021)

$557,750Expenses (2021)$491,627Websitewww.ceousa.orghttps://beta.candid.org/profile/7773944

The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is an American conservative think tank whose mission is to study, develop, and disseminate ideas that promote colorblind equal opportunity and oppose affirmative action in America.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The founder and chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity is Linda Chavez, and the president and general counsel is Devon Westhill.^[2]^[4] Westhill, who is Black, argues his degree from the University of North Carolina is worth less because of the university's non-colorblind admissions policy, as he believes others could assume he was admitted due to his race.^[2]

Since 1995, the Center for Equal Opportunity has released dozens of studies documenting the extent to which race is a factor in American college admissions at over 60 colleges and universities.^[5]^[6]

In 2019, it issued a complaint against Texas Tech's medical school that the school's use of race as an admissions criterion was illegal. The complaint was settled when the school announced it would no longer consider an applicant's race and/or ethnicity.^[3]^[7]

In 2021, Chavez argued U.S. democracy was threatened both by Donald Trump supporting election deniers and by progressive advocates of transgender rights and critical race theory.^[8]

References

^ "Mission Statement & Purpose | Center for Equal Opportunity". www.ceousa.org. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Decades of stark divisions over affirmative action set for Supreme Court showdown". NBC News. October 28, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Najmabadi, Shannon (April 9, 2019). "Texas Tech Health Sciences Center agrees to stop considering race in admissions, ending federal inquiry". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Linda Chavez". PBS. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of Maryland". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. October 25, 2000. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Studies by Center for Equal Opportunity | Center for Equal Opportunity". www.ceousa.org. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^ "Texas Tech medical school to stop using race in admissions". NBC News. April 10, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^ Chavez, Linda (October 8, 2021). "Threats to Democracy Come From the Left and the Right". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved November 3, 2023.