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Judge Dismisses Ex-ODU Professor’s Discrimination Suit

A lawsuit alleging Old Dominion University discriminated against a former professor has been dismissed.

July 17, 2013

Students

Former Delaware State University Dean Has Criminal Record

A Delaware State University administrator who resigned last week has a criminal record.

July 16, 2013

African-American

Putting the Facts and Race in Perspective in the Zimmerman Acquittal

Still have a problem with the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing? The basic facts still don’t add up to me either.

July 15, 2013

African-American

Asiana Crash Exposes 21st Century Racism on Twitter

If you see the Internet as raceless, colorblind and digital, think again my friend. It’s a breeding ground for 21st Century racism. Witness the instances of the nearly instantaneous anti-Asian racist tweets soon after the Asiana Airlines crash this weekend. On social media, you can see the knee-jerky reaction. It’s racism in real time. Time […]

July 8, 2013

Students

North Dakota State Turns Over Deleted Emails of School President

North Dakota State University has turned over to the state’s Legislative Council nearly 2,000 pages of emails deleted from President Dean Bresciani’s account.

July 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

San Francisco City College to Lose Accreditation

The agency that certifies two-year colleges in the western USA told City College of San Francisco that the school will lose its accreditation a year from now.

July 7, 2013

Students

Morris Brown May Head to Bankruptcy Court

Morris Brown College officials believe they would be able to sell off some property, settle mounting debt and keep most of the campus intact under a $20 million plan submitted to a bankruptcy court.

July 2, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Va. University, College Leaders Defend Va. Tech’s Steger

Virginia’s public university and community college presidents argue in a state Supreme Court filing that Virginia Tech’s president should have immunity from any civil action stemming from the 2007 massacre on his Blacksburg campus.

July 2, 2013

Opinion

There’s Reality and There’s Clarence Thomas

Why is Justice Clarence Thomas ignoring the reality of segregationist arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case?

July 2, 2013

Students

Study Says Affirmative Action Does Not Do a Disservice to Students

Two professors find that disadvantaged students who were admitted to elite University of California institutions did just as well as their better-prepared peers.

July 1, 2013

Opinion

Not the End of Affirmative Action as We Know It

The Supreme Court’s agreement to hear Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action made it pretty clear that the Court was not leaning toward an affirmative action ban.

June 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Economists Seek National Effort to Increase Selective College Applications, Enrollment by Low-Income Students

Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby unveiled a national proposal aimed at encouraging high-achieving, low-income students to apply to and attend selective colleges.

June 26, 2013