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Obama’s Anticipated Notre Dame Commencement Address Divides Catholics

A campaign by outraged Roman Catholics to keep President Barack Obama from delivering the commencement address at Notre Dame shows that the gulf between the church and backers of abortion rights remains deep.

May 11, 2009

Preclearance Provision of Voting Rights Act at Core of Supreme Court Case

Just months after the election of the nation’s first Black president, in which African-American voter registration and voter turnout was at its highest, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether states with a history of racial discrimination at the polls still need federal oversight.

April 28, 2009

White Man’s Burden? Discrimination Suits Flourish

The issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation’s highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice denying him admission because he was White.

April 28, 2009

Education Practitioners Unveil Innovative Programs To Close Achievement Gap

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case on English Language Learner (ELL) policy that pit limited-government proponents in Arizona against advocates of bilingual education, researchers, policymakers and education practitioners unveiled Friday some of the best ways to narrow the achievement gap among ELL and other underserved groups during a policy breakfast series at New York University.

April 26, 2009

Ex-professor in NYC School Noose Case Sues for $200M

A professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the graduate school for $200 million.

April 22, 2009

Discrimination Claim Appears to Divide High Court

A divided Supreme Court took up its first examination of race in the Obama era Wednesday, wrestling with claims of job discrimination by White firefighters in a case that could force changes in employment practices nationwide.

April 22, 2009

Asian American Pacific Islander

Opinion: Exam Winners and Losers

Issues of Race, Testing and Selectivity Before the Supreme Court

April 22, 2009

College Board Report: 350,000 Undocumented Students Would Benefit From DREAM Act

The nonprofit College Board announced Tuesday its support of the DREAM Act, while unveiling a report that said the plan to legalize undocumented college students could benefit 350,000 students today.

April 21, 2009

English-Language Learner Case Framed as Civil Rights Enforcement Issue Before Supreme Court

At a time when children with limited English skills are among the fastest-growing groups in public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court today will hear a case that could greatly impact the way states educate English-language learners.

April 19, 2009

Scholars Debate the Efficacy of Race Versus Class-based Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Substituting class for race-conscious affirmative action may be more politically palatable, but it does little to improve racial diversity on college campuses, said affirmative action proponents at a debate Thursday evening.

April 16, 2009

Legal Guardians Of Diversity

These organizations are improving diversity within the legal ranks, one sector at a time.

April 15, 2009

State Legislatures Cautiously Consider In-state Rates for Undocumented Students

Maryland lawmakers take cues from California legal battles to craft a tuition policy for undocumented immigrants.

April 1, 2009

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