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Students

A Waning Priority

Despite high expectations with Democratic Congress, public policy groups are losing hopes of repealing financial aid ban on students convicted of minor drug offenses.

May 28, 2008

Students

Tried, Tested, Yet Undeterred

After overturned prison sentence, Marcus Dixon blazes a stellar record of academic and athletic achievement at Hampton University.

May 28, 2008

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Opponents and Supporters of Affirmative Action Debate Use of Race in College Admissions

A candid discussion on race-conscious college admissions policies and affirmative action ruffled feathers, as representatives from both sides of the issue met in Washington to debate whether colleges and universities could achieve significant diversity without using race or ethnicity as a factor in admissions decisions.

May 21, 2008

HBCUs

Letters

Highlighting a Major Milestone  Diverse, thank you so much for highlighting this major historic milestone in African literature (see “Revisiting a Classic,” April 17). There is no more important literary figure alive today than Achebe. Thanks again. — Dr. Pamela D. Reed Taking Race Matters Seriously I applaud those institutions taking this subject seriously (see […]

May 14, 2008

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Federal Judge OKs $4M Settlement in Lawsuit Alleging S.C. School Helped Former Professor in Scam

A U.S. judge has approved a nearly $4 million agreement to settle allegations that Charleston Southern University helped a former professor swindle investors out of tens of millions of dollars, according to court documents.

May 13, 2008

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Controversies Crop Up Around Commencement Speaker Selections

NAACP chairman Julian Bond and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are the subjects of much scrutiny as they prepare to deliver commencement speeches this month at two East Coast universities.

May 4, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Professor Sues Students for Character Defamation

Amidst claims that he unfairly targets Black students and disparages affirmative action, an Arkansas law professor is suing two students who he says have damaged his reputation.

April 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Twenty-Nine Years of Being on the Front Lines Of Affirmative Action

Twenty-nine years ago when I started working in this field, I knew little and had no exposure to the underpinnings of this difficult compensatory process called affirmative action. I sought friends who were working in the field and began a process of acquiring all the knowledge I could about the laws and what they were intended to do.

April 30, 2008

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Tenn. Board of Regents Reconsiders Honors for Freedom Riders

The Tennessee Board of Regents has changed its decision to deny honorary degrees to 14 Tennessee State University students who were expelled for participating in Freedom Rides of the 1960s civil rights movement.

April 28, 2008

Students

Probe Over Whether Students’ Voting Rights Violated Still Ongoing

Some students at a historically Black university are wondering why an investigation by the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott into alleged voting rights violations is still not finished.

April 27, 2008

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Tenn. Board of Regents to Reconsider Honorary Degrees for Freedom Riders

Tennessee’s Board of Regents may reconsider its decision to deny honorary degrees to 13 students who were expelled for participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides.

April 21, 2008

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Tenn. Board of Regents to Reconsider Honorary Degrees for Freedom Riders

Tennessee’s Board of Regents may reconsider its decision to deny honorary degrees to 13 students who were expelled for participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides.

April 20, 2008