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Students

Federal Appeals Court Hears University of Texas Admissions Case

Two White students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.

August 3, 2010

Students

Appeals Court to Consider Use of Race in UT’s Admissions Policies

Today, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race and ethnicity in its admissions policy violates the law.

August 2, 2010

Students

Opinion: Diversity in the Curriculum is the Next Step for Leadership in a Globally Interconnected World

To achieve full-blown diversity and fulfill the fundamental mission of higher education in America, the curriculum must change to keep pace with the dynamic of an increasingly diverse student body and professoriate.

July 18, 2010

Leadership & Policy

UT Regents Strip Klansman’s Name from Dorm

University of Texas regents agreed Thursday to strip the name of a former law school professor and early organizer of the Ku Klux Klan from a campus dormitory.

July 15, 2010

Leadership & Policy

University of Texas to Consider Taking Klansman’s Name Off Dorm

The president of the University of Texas will ask the school’s regents to remove the name of a former professor and Ku Klux Klan member from a campus dormitory.

July 14, 2010

African-American

Experts Say Feds vs. State Conflict in Arizona Rooted in U.S. Founding

The federal lawsuit against Arizona’s tough new immigration law focuses heavily on a question that has been in the spotlight repeatedly the past decade and dates back to the Founding Fathers.

July 7, 2010

Home

Plan for Columbia Expansion Into West Harlem Upheld by New York State Court

New York’s top court on Thursday upheld a state redevelopment agency’s use of eminent domain so Columbia University can expand its Ivy League campus over 17 acres in West Harlem.

June 24, 2010

Community Colleges

Jump in U.S. College Enrollment Highest in 40 Years

The nation’s colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish in a weak job market.

June 17, 2010

Latinx

Higher Education Organizations Form Coalition to Seek DREAM Act Passage

The Hispanic Association of Colleges Universities (HACU) has taken the lead in uniting 25 national higher education organizations in an effort to help bring DREAM Act legislation to final votes before Congress’ August recess.

June 16, 2010

Students

Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students

In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students.

June 15, 2010

African-American

Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington

Drawing upon an extraordinary legal career and an affiliation with Howard University, the one-man play “Thurgood”, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, has opened in the nation’s capital where much of the heroic life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall unfolded.

June 8, 2010

Home

Legislation Aimed at Limiting Louisiana Law Clinics Dies

A Louisiana Senate committee scuttled a bill Wednesday aimed at shuttering the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic that critics say would have hampered operations at all the state’s law clinics.

May 20, 2010