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Court to Rule if Plaintiffs Can ‘Opt Out’

Court to Rule if Plaintiffs Can ‘Opt Out’ Of Mississippi Desegregation SuitOXFORD, Miss. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. has some unfinished business before he rules on the proposed settlement in Mississippi’s long-running college desegregation case. Can some of the plaintiffs in the 26-year-old case, including the widow of the man who filed the suit, […]

September 26, 2001

Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions

Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions Grows Murkier Michigan supporters plan national march, rally to increase visibilityDETROITThe issue of affirmative action in college admissions continues to make headlines as a recent ruling adds to the growing set of conflicting court decisions, and affirmative action supporters plan a national march.In a unanimous ruling, a Georgia federal […]

September 26, 2001

Education Department Nominee Facing Criticism in Senate

Education Department Nominee Facing Criticism in SenateThe Bush administration’s nominee for a senior Education Department post faces a rocky road to confirmation in the Senate because of his past opposition to affirmative action.Brian Jones, past president of the Center for New Black Leadership, is Bush’s choice to become the Education Department’s general counsel, which plays […]

September 26, 2001

Faculty & Staff

What’s Happening to the PUBLIC in Public Education?

What’s Happening to the PUBLIC in Public Education?Students feel the effects of tuition hikes as legislative tax-cutting sprees send the nation’s public colleges and universities jockeying for funding. By Page Boinest MeltonForget unemployment, income and housing starts as leading economic indicators. America’s public colleges and universities — among the first to feel the effects of […]

August 29, 2001

New Study Shows Racial Segregation Harms Both Black, White Students

New Study Shows Racial Segregation Harms Both Black, White StudentsCHARLOTTE, N.C.New research shows that 30 years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s order to desegregate the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) School District, racial segregation still exists and that it has a profound effect on both Black and White children. These findings are reported by Dr. Roslyn Arlin […]

August 29, 2001

Law School Urged to Increase Admissions Standards

Law School Urged to Increase Admissions StandardsAmerican Bar Association concerned with Texas Southern University law school’s bar exam failure rate. By Lydia LumHOUSTONBased on an accreditation review, the American Bar Association (ABA) has criticized Texas Southern University’s law school, saying its students are “short-changed.” Among other things, the ABA said TSU officials enroll students “incapable” […]

August 29, 2001

Resegregation on the Rise, Says Report

Resegregation on the Rise, Says ReportWASHINGTONDespite the push for public school desegregation sparked by the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, the decade of the 1990s saw school districts around the nation move towards the segregation of Black, Latino and White students, according to a recent report released by […]

August 1, 2001

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action Case

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action CaseUT president says university will continue to search for ways to serve all of the state’s populationAUSTIN, TexasUniversity of Texas officials say they are disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear their challenge to the Hopwood decision, but vowed to continue “vigorous efforts to enroll students […]

July 18, 2001

Community Colleges

Bring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher Education

Bring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher EducationCommunity colleges have a tremendous opportunity to serve thousands of new students. A tragic mistake of the early 1990s ended hundreds of excellent associate’s degree programs for incarcerated students throughout the United States. Now is the time to correct that error and begin again to serve a […]

July 4, 2001

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Coach’s Racial-Profiling Complaint

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Coach’s Racial-Profiling ComplaintWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court refused to revive claims by a women’s college basketball coach that Texas police arrested her and two others solely because they are Black. The court’s action, taken without comment earlier this month, rejected arguments from Hampton University coach Patricia Bibbs that Lubbock police engaged in […]

June 20, 2001

Businesses, Lawmakers Show Support

Businesses, Lawmakers Show Support For Affirmative Action in College AdmissionsANN ARBOR, Mich.A “stunning array” of organizations representing business, labor, public officials, higher education and the legal profession filed legal briefs in support of the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policies in admissions, UM President Lee C. Bollinger announced last month.The groups — which include 32 […]

June 20, 2001

Judge Declines to Let Some Plaintiffs

Judge Declines to Let Some Plaintiffs Withdraw from Ayers SettlementOXFORD, Miss.A federal judge has refused, for the time being, to allow Lillie B. Ayers and other plaintiffs to withdraw from a proposed settlement aimed at ending Mississippi’s 26-year-old college desegregation case. A $500 million agreement to end the case was signed by all sides in […]

June 20, 2001

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