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Students

Lawsuit Charging AKA Sorority Financial Misconduct Allowed To Proceed

Eight suspended members of Alpha Kappa Alpha can sue the sorority and a number of its officers and directors alleging irregularities in the organization’s fiscal management, an appeals court has ruled.

August 29, 2011

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Diverse in India: Controversial Film Addresses Affirmative Action in Indian Higher Education

India finds itself wrestling with the role that class-based affirmative action should play in bringing about parity in higher education.

August 24, 2011

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Diverse in India: Government Seeks to Boost College Access for the Disadvantaged

Under the law of the land with variations by region, 49.5 percent of all seats in higher learning institutions are reserved for disadvantaged students.

August 22, 2011

Sports

Students File Lawsuit Over North Dakota School’s Nickname

The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo.

August 14, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

Gov. Jerry Brown Nominates Scholar Goodwin Liu to California High Court

A California law professor was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the second-highest court in the country.

July 27, 2011

Latinx

Legal Eagle Helps Florida International Law Grads Soar

Law school dean Alex Acosta has not hesitated to call upon some of the many attorneys he knew in his pre-FIU years to ask them to seriously consider his Florida International University students for opportunities.

July 25, 2011

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Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action May Get Second Look

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has pledged to ask an entire federal appeals court to suspend and re-examine a landmark decision that overturned the state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions.

July 24, 2011

Students

Michigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’

The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.

July 14, 2011

Native Americans

Native American Rights Lawyer, Former University of Colorado Law Dean Dies at 68

The Boulder Daily Camera reports that university officials say David Getches died at his home on Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.

July 7, 2011

STEM

Freeing the Unjustly Imprisoned: Innocence Project Affiliates Flourish, Many Tied to Universities

Innocence Projects in more than 40 states work hard to overturn wrongful convictions and expose systematic errors and official misconduct.

July 7, 2011

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Appeals Court Overturns Michigan Ban on Race in College Admissions

A federal appeals court on Friday struck down Michigan’s ban on the consideration of race and gender in college admissions, saying it burdens minorities and violates the U.S. Constitution.

July 4, 2011

Students

N.J. Student Aid Bid Rejected Due to Mom’s Immigration Status

An American-born high school student from New Jersey has been denied state tuition assistance because her mother is an undocumented immigrant, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

June 13, 2011