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Making Our Voices Heard

Making Our Voices Heard When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear the University of Michigan’s affirmative action case and render what will undoubtedly be a landmark ruling on the issue, I honestly thought there would be more of an outcry from civil rights groups lobbying the administration, making the case in support of […]

January 29, 2003

HBCUs

Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly

Mississippi’s Crusading GadflyWhile others maintain the fight is over, attorney Alvin Chambliss continues to breathe life into Mississippi’s famed college desegregation case. By B. Denise Hawkins HOUSTONAttorney Alvin O. Chambliss Jr. says that as long as the Ayers v. Fordice case is alive, there’s hope for Mississippi’s three historically Black universities and for the liberation […]

January 15, 2003

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Lott Fallout Has Implications for Higher Education

Lott Fallout Has Implications for Higher EducationAffirmative action discussions may influence Supreme Court’s review of Michigan caseBy Charles Dervarics The uproar over remarks by Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., and his ensuing resignation as Senate majority leader is beginning to affect another high- profile race issue — the Supreme Court’s review of the University of Michigan […]

January 15, 2003

Students

What’s at Stake for UVa?

What’s at Stake for UVa?University president weighs in on the campus’s current racial climate and ongoing efforts to strengthen its multicultural milieu.By Kendra Hamilton The following Q&A session with the University of Virginia’s president, Dr. John T. Casteen, follows news reports that the venerable state school, which appeared to have forged a bright multicultural future […]

January 1, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Professors: Higher Education’s Change Agents

Professors: Higher Education’s Change Agents All of us can remember a professor that made a difference when we were in college. We remember both those professors we absolutely adored as well as those we loathed. Ironically, we learned important lifelong lessons from both. From the ones that were in our corner and supportive, we learned […]

January 1, 2003

Students

Promises for Another Memorable Year

Promises for Another Memorable Year We’re in the homestretch of 2002, and those of us in the higher education community already know that 2003 is gearing up to be a memorable year. By now you’ve heard that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the University of Michigan’s affirmative action cases. As long as […]

December 18, 2002

MSIs

GOP Control Will Spur Change, Experts Say

GOP Control Will Spur Change, Experts SayBy Charles DervaricsThe decisive Republican victory in the November mid-term elections will have major implications on issues ranging from higher education to civil rights, advocates say. Republicans will re-claim control of the U.S. Senate, making it the first time in half a century that the party controls both the […]

December 4, 2002

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Supreme Court Urged to Pass Up University Affirmative Action Cases

Supreme Court Urged to Pass Up University Affirmative Action Cases WASHINGTONThe University of Michigan has asked the Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over its affirmative action admissions policies. The high court will decide in coming months whether to revisit a 1978 decision that let schools consider race in admissions. Two cases are […]

November 20, 2002

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Former Baltimore Mayor to Head Howard University Law School

November 6, 2002

Students

Student Leaders Should Be Students First

Student Leaders Should Be Students FirstDuring the months of August and September, Washington, D.C., was a magnet for committed people whose activism is part of their desire to make our world a better one. Of the thousands who rallied for reparations on Aug. 17, there were several contingents of students in the mix, young people […]

October 23, 2002

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Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Hear Admissions Case

Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Hear Admissions CaseWASHINGTONWhite students rejected for admission to the University of Michigan appealed to the Supreme Court early this month, asking the justices to decide an emotional affirmative action case without waiting for a lower court to rule. The two would-be undergraduates claim they were unconstitutionally denied admission because of […]

October 23, 2002

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Federal Commission to Mark Anniversary of Brown Decision

Federal Commission to Mark Anniversary of Brown DecisionWASHINGTONU.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the creation of the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission last month. The commission was created to encourage and coordinate activities that will commemorate the 1954 ruling, one of the most important decisions […]

October 9, 2002