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Affirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists Say

Affirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists Say PITTSBURGHThe U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the use of race as a factor in college admissions was a victory for affirmative action supporters, but they say the fight will continue in state legislatures and on ballot initiatives. “We cannot be sanguine about this fight,” said […]

August 27, 2003

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Ending Affirmative Action: 25 Years to Go

Ending Affirmative Action: 25 Years to GoBy Dr. Charles V. Willie Justice Sandra Day O’Connor repeatedly mentioned “the educational benefits of a diverse student body” in the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that approved the way the University of Michigan’s law school selects applicants for matriculation to diversify its student body. Specifically she said, “The […]

August 13, 2003

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Aiming for the Top

Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]

July 30, 2003

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Study: Nation’s Charter Schools Are Places of Racial Isolation

Study: Nation’s Charter Schools Are Places of Racial IsolationCAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP) released a new study ­earlier this month on segregation patterns in the nation’s charter schools. “Charter Schools and Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education,” written by Erica Frankenberg and Chungmei Lee, is the third in a […]

July 30, 2003

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NAACP Chairman Urges Affirmative Action Policies

NAACP Chairman Urges Affirmative Action PoliciesMIAMI BEACH, Fla. NAACP chairman Julian Bond praised the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the use of race as a factor in university admissions policies while criticizing President Bush and his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, for challenging race-conscious university admissions policies. In a speech at the 94th annual […]

July 30, 2003

Students

Student Group Vows to Defeat Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Proposal

Student Group Vows to Defeat Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot ProposalA student activist group is organizing a national boycott to defeat Ward Connerly’s proposed anti-affirmative action ballot initiative in Michigan. The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary (BAMN) is calling for a boycott of all corporations and institutions […]

July 30, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Moving Morrison Beyond the Literary Classroom

Moving Morrison Beyond the Literary ClassroomToni Morrison Society celebrates 10 years, encourages readers of all ages to know the authorBy Robin V. SmilesMention one of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s seven critically acclaimed novels to a friend and you will most likely be met with a familiar protest: “Beloved? I just couldn’t get through it”; “Paradise? […]

July 30, 2003

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Civil Rights Groups, Berkeley Settle Lawsuit Over Admissions Policy

Civil Rights Groups, Berkeley Settle Lawsuit Over Admissions PolicyBy Pamela BurdmanBERKELEY, Calif.While the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision giving a green light to race-conscious admissions was grabbing headlines, another challenge over race and admissions was quietly coming to closure. Civil rights groups settled with the University of California at Berkeley in a 4-year-old lawsuit charging that […]

July 30, 2003

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Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Successfully Engaging Hearts, Minds in Graduate Education

Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Successfully Engaging Hearts, Minds in Graduate Education By Dr. Richard A. Cherwitz and Susan Alvarado Boyd Following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action in admissions to graduate and professional programs, many institutions are contemplating how, if at all, to use race and ethnicity in making admissions decisions. The court’s ruling notwithstanding, […]

July 2, 2003

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Survey: Most Support a Diverse College Campus, But Not Admissions by Race Alone

Survey: Most Support a Diverse College Campus, But Not Admissions by Race AlonePOUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.A new national survey finds that public opinion on racial considerations in college admissions shows that most Americans support having a diverse collegiate population, but do not feel that race alone should be a factor. The survey, conducted by Marist College’s Institute […]

July 2, 2003

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Class-Based Affirmative Action

Class-Based Affirmative ActionBattle over race-conscious approaches pushes idea to the surfaceBy Ronald RoachIn an effort to highlight and promote race-neutral approaches to college and graduate school admissions at competitive institutions, the Bush administration has recently put a bright spotlight on the idea of class-based or economic affirmative action. Touted by Bush officials as a race-neutral […]

June 18, 2003

HBCUs

Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns Lawmaker

Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns LawmakerBy Scott Dyer BATON ROUGE, La. One of the most powerful African Americans in the Louisiana Legislature is warning that historically Black Southern University Law Center may be turning too White. Caucasian students accounted for 33 percent of the Baton Rouge law school’s total enrollment for the 2002-2003 […]

June 18, 2003