Donna Shalala on Civil Rights

Bring more women & minorities into academia

In 1980 Shalala left public service for academia, becoming the president of Hunter College. She markedly increased the number of women and minority students and faculty members. She left New York in 1988 to become chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, one of the nation's largest universities. She was the first woman to helm a Big 10 school. Her Madison Plan successfully recruited minority students and faculty. In 2001, she left the frozen north to become president of the University of Miami.

As secretary of Health and Human Services, Shalala expanded Head Start, expanded AIDS research, sought universal immunizations for children, and reformed welfare.

CC:Protect sexual preference as a civil right.

The Christian Coalition Voter Guide inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Make Sexual Preference a Protected Minority Status under Civil Rights Laws' Christian Coalition's self-description: "Christian Voter Guide is a clearing-house for traditional, pro-family voter guides. We do not create voter guides, nor do we interview or endorse candidates."