As a participant in President Clinton's 1998 "Dialogue on Race," she criticized schools and companies that overlooked merit to meet diversity goals.

"We do not reject in principle the diversity goal articulated by the board," the decision says.

"We owned up to the fact there was more we can do to support diversity goals in athletics," Albino said.

"My own success and compensation will be tied to these diversity goals," he said, though the goals have not yet been announced.

It calls for "agreed upon methods of evaluating progress toward the cultural diversity goal."

That is good for the business success of the development but has tended to work against the diversity goal.

But behind the scenes, professors here and at other law schools say, the implementation of diversity goals sometimes sparks tensions.

How can they play a key role in developing and delivering the diversity goals and objectives of the institutions they serve?

"My own success and compensation will be tied to these diversity goals," he said.

Effective policies that implement diversity goals are adopted throughout each state.