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Community Colleges

Tuition Break for Some Kansas Undocumented Immigrants Stands

Critics of a law giving some undocumented immigrants a tuition break at state universities and colleges are promising to keep challenging it, despite a recent legal setback from the U.S. Supreme Court.

July 6, 2008

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Scholars Selected to Receive 2008 Fletcher Fellowships

The annual fellowship program established by financial executive Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, has named four scholars as 2008 Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellows, Fletcher announced Tuesday.

July 2, 2008

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U.S. Politicians Find Ways to Play on Racial Fears

A Republican congressional candidate in a majority-White Mississippi district runs ads trying to tie his Democratic rival with Barack Obama’s former pastor, seen by some as an anti-White firebrand.

July 2, 2008

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Might Obama’s Success Undercut Affirmative Action?

Barack Obama’s political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy he supports.

July 1, 2008

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Might Obama’s Success Undercut Affirmative Action?

Barack Obama’s political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy he supports.

June 30, 2008

Faculty & Staff

A Quick Rebound? Not So Fast

In the post-Hurricane Katrina era, the future remains uncertain for New Orleans college athletics.

June 25, 2008

Latinx

Lawyer Will Challenge Flag Desecration Charge Against Teacher

An attorney in south-central Idaho says he will ask a judge to dismiss a flag-mutilation charge filed against a former Minico High School teacher.

June 24, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Collegiate Athletics in New Orleans Struggle to Rebound Post-Hurricane Katrina

Eddie Francis bursts out laughing when he recounts his unexpected coaching debut for Southern University at New Orleans earlier this semester.

June 24, 2008

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Settlement Approved in Hartford Desegregation Case

A judge on Wednesday approved a plan to add magnet schools and school-choice options in the Hartford area to settle a long-standing lawsuit over racial isolation in the city’s schools, lawyers for both sides said.

June 11, 2008

Latinx

JUST THE STATS

Eligible voters in Puerto Rico, which held its presidential primary June 1, 2008, are less likely to have completed high school than are U.S. Latino eligible voters, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

June 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Va. Court Upholds Women’s College Move to Coed

A former all-women’s college did not break a contract with female students when it decided to enroll men, a divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday.

June 8, 2008

Community Colleges

Ala. Supreme Court Upholds Stay on Community College Double-dipping Ban

The Alabama Supreme Court is upholding a judge’s decision to temporarily block the implementation of the two-year college system’s double-dipping ban.

May 28, 2008