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Virginia Justices Hear Randolph Macon Coeducation Cases

The governing board of Randolph Macon Woman’s College broke a contract with students when it decided in 2006 to immediately begin enrolling men, a lawyer for a group of female students told the Virginia Supreme Court on Monday.

April 14, 2008

Lawmaker Wants to Alter University Admissions Practices in Mich.

A state lawmaker is drawing up a proposal that would give the top 10 percent of graduates at each of Michigan’s high schools automatic admission to state universities.

April 13, 2008

India’s Top Court Upholds Government Affirmative Action Plan for Lower-caste Students

NEW DELHI India’s top court on Thursday upheld an affirmative action program reserving more than a quarter of the seats at the country’s top government-funded schools for members of the lower castes. The Supreme Court, however, ruled that lower-caste students belonging to financially well-off families should not be allowed to benefit from the program. A […]

April 10, 2008

Federal Lawsuit Filed Over UT Race-based Admissions Policies

A legal group that fights racial preferences in schools filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the University of Texas at Austin, claiming its undergraduate admissions policies violate the Constitution and federal law.

April 8, 2008

Connerly Campaign Surrenders in Oklahoma

The campaign to ban affirmative action in five states has suffered its first loss with Ward Connerly, chief backer of the effort, saying Monday he is abandoning the Oklahoma campaign for lack of enough signatures on petitions to get the issue on the November voting ballot.

April 7, 2008

NY Court Rules for Man Who Says He was Fired Over His Black Wife

A jury might conclude that a White former college basketball coach was fired because he was married to a Black woman, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it reinstated a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a judge.

April 2, 2008

Expelled Tennessee State U, Freedom Riders Denied Honorary Degrees

Tennessee State University’s governing board has voted not to grant honorary degrees to students expelled for participating in Freedom Rides during the 1960s.

March 30, 2008

81 Percent of UT’s Admission Offers Go to Top 10 Percent Grads

The University of Texas at Austin reserved a record 81 percent of its fall admission offers this year to students guaranteed a spot on campus under the state’s top 10 percent law.

March 19, 2008

Community Colleges

Missouri House Denies Undocumented Students Access too Public Colleges

For the third year in a row, Missouri House members voted Wednesday to bar undocumented immigrants from public colleges and universities.

March 12, 2008

Latino School Enrollment Up in Texas Cities With Immigration Laws

North Texas cities debating local laws to deal with illegal immigration are also home to school districts with some of the state’s largest increases in Hispanic student enrollment, a Fort Worth Star-Telegram analysis found.

March 11, 2008

Study: Hazing Still a Problem on Campus

Virtually every college bans hazing, but more than half of college students belonging to campus organizations say they have experienced it in places from the glee club to the fraternity house, according to a new study.

March 11, 2008

O’Keeffe Museum to Stand Down in Battle With Fisk Over Art Collection

In a surprise turn of events, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe has decided against appealing a Tennessee judge’s decision ordering Fisk University to keep and display a priceless collection of art and photographs the museum had sought to repossess.

March 9, 2008

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