"Gross Presumptions: Determining Group Eligibility for Federal Procurement Preferences," (with John Sullivan) Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 41,  No.1 ,  (Winter  2000)

"The Road's End for Racial Preferences in Public Contracting,?" Constructor Magazine, Pp. 14-19, January 2001

A Critique of the Federal Benchmark Study, titled by the editor "To the "Disadvantaged" Go the Spoils? The Public Interest, No. 138,  pp.91-98.  (Winter 2000)
            Reprinted in Powerweb: Business and Society, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

"Race Preferences Aren't the Answer," National Review Online, August 16, 2000 (John Sullivan and Roger Clegg).

"Color Them Colorblind," The Weekly Standard, May 29, 2000 (John Sullivan).

"Who Counts?  Determining the Availability of Minority Businesses for Public Contracting after Croson."  Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol.21, No.3 (Fall 1998).

Deconstructing the Affirmative Action Categories (with John Sullivan),  American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 41, No. 7 April 1998.
            Reprinted in John Skrentny ed. Color Lines: Affirmative Action,  Immigration and Civil  Rights: Options for America, University of Chicago Press, 2001
 
"The Impact of Croson on Equal Protection Law and Policy," Albany Law Review, Vol. 61, No.1, Fall 1997.
 
"Campus Procurement After Croson," Higher Education Law Bulletin Summer 1997.
 
"Rethinking Affirmative Action on Campus," Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 24, Number 1, Fall 1995. Reprinted in "The Best of Planning for Higher Education," Society for College and University Planning," 1997.

 "Selective Perception:  The Role of History in the Disparity Study Industry," The Public Historian, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring, 1995.

 "Understanding the Political and Legal Context of MBE Programs," Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1995

 "Keeping an Eye on Disparity Studies," NAPM Insights (National Association of Purchasing Managers," Vol. 6, No. 4, April, 1995.

Testimony, "Evidentiary Basis for the Use of Racial Preferences in Public Contracting after Croson and Adarand," U.S. Congress Joint Hearing House and Senate Judiciary Committee, September 22, 1995.

"Race Neutral Programs in Public Contracting," with John Sullivan, Public Administration Review, Vol. 55, No. 4, July/August 1995.

This article examines how state and local jurisdictions have responded to race neutral alternatives in public contracting. Several dozen disparity studies were surveyed.

"Selective Perception: The Role of History in the Disparity Study Industry," The Public Historian, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 1995.

This piece looks at the misuse of history in disparity studies. Dr. LaNoue argues that the historical sections appearing in these studies cannot support preference programs.

"Standards for the Second Generation of Croson-Inspired Disparity Studies," The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 26, No. 3, Summer 1994.

Based on a sample of 59 disparity studies, this article represents the most thorough analysis of these studies. Dr. LaNoue focuses on the many technical aspects of producing persuasive disparity studies.

"Presumptions for Preferences: The Small Business Administration's Decisions on Groups Entitled to Affirmative Action," with John Sullivan, Journal of Policy History, Vol. 6, No. 4, Fall 1994.

Working from materials gained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the authors documented the rationales used by the Small Business Administration in deciding the eligibility of 8 groups applying for admission into the agency's 8(a) program.

"Minority Business Programs and Disparity Studies: Responding to the Supreme Court's Mandate in City of Richmond v. Croson," monograph for the National League of Cities, 1994.

This is the updated version of a monograph Dr. LaNoue completed for the National League of Cities in 1991. The report serves as a primer for local government officials seeking to understand disparity studies. This is the best seller in the National League of Cities' Local Officials Guide series.

"The Disparity Study Shield," in Racial Preferences in Public Contracting, edited by Roger Clegg, National legal Center for the Public Interest, 1993.

In this article, Dr. LaNoue looked at the experiences of Baltimore and San Francisco in commissioning disparity studies intended to shield the cities' minority business programs.

"The Demographic Assumptions of Affirmative Action." Population and Environment, May 1993.

The growth of non-black affirmative action groups, as well as the increasing prosperity of these groups, raises uncertainty about the future of race and ethnic preferences. Using Census data, Dr. LaNoue shows the effects of changes in American demography on blacks, the principle intended beneficiary of affirmative action.

"Social Science and Minority Set-Asides," The Public Interest, Winter 1993.

This article looks at the role of the social sciences in disparity studies. Various study methodologies and studies are critiqued.

"But for Discrimination How Many Minority Businesses Would There Be?" with John Sullivan, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Winter 1992.

Minority business programs are frequently justified on the assumption that discrimination has reduced the number of minority owned businesses. The authors show why this hypothesis is unpersuasive by looking at disparity studies in Milwaukee, Denver, and Dade County, Florida.
 

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