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Not guilty! – study supports contention that, in most cases, affirmative action does not deny Whites access to higher education

The most ardent argument made against affirmative action is that it allows less qualified African American and Hispanic students to take seats away from more qualified White students.

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

You say tomato, I say tomate – bilingual controversy at City University of New York’s Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College in Bronx, NY

BRONX, NY A controversy that erupted this spring over bilingual education at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), has languished in the courts and turned into a war of words in the media.

July 11, 2007

Slow motion penalty – lawsuit by National Women’s Law Center – related article on Title IX law – Despite Sluggish Progress, Four HBCUs Cited in Title IX Complaint

It is ironic that four historically Black colleges and universities are among the twenty-five institutions named in a Title IX complaint filed by the National Women’s Law Center. Ironic, because the prime mission of HBCUs is to provide educational opportunities to those who may not otherwise get the chance to attend college. The complaint was filed in June just weeks before the celebration of Title IX’s twenty-fifth anniversary.

July 11, 2007

Why we should worry about the numbers – The Last Word – Column

An elderly African American woman once said to me, “Son, we must always worry about our freedom. If we don’t, we will look up and our freedom will be gone.” Reflecting on the current status of African Americans in higher education, her words remain quite appropriate.

July 11, 2007

Colleges Use Courts To Keep Agents, Boosters Away From Student-Athletes

The NCAA announced Wednesday that the Oklahoma Sooners eight wins from the 2005 season would be invalidated because two players employed by a booster received pay for jobs they didn’t actually work. The athletics department will face other athletic sanctions as well. States and colleges, trying to avoid situations like that, are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

July 11, 2007

Encyclopedia of African-American Education. – book reviews

This unique, well-organized and well documented work is an essential source about African American education that fills a noticeable gap in resources in this area. It brings together a collection of laws, biographies, concepts, journals, movements, organizations, and institutions from varied sources and presents them in a single, useful volume.

July 11, 2007

Cause for Action

Advocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollment

July 11, 2007

A Conversation With Cynthia E. Nance

Cynthia E. Nance was appointed last year as dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, joining a small but elite club of Black law school deans.

July 11, 2007

States and colleges are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

States and colleges are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

July 11, 2007

Cause for Action

Advocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollment

July 11, 2007

Hasidic Jews Fight NY Village Code Barring Rabbinical College

WHITE PLAINS N.Y. Several Hasidic rabbis have gone to federal court for the right to build a rabbinical college that would violate zoning laws in a suburban village.

July 10, 2007

SFSU Sued for Investigating Stomping of Flag With Allah’s Name

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco State University was sued Monday for allegedly violating students’ right to free speech when it investigated an incident during which students stomped on flags bearing the name of Allah.

July 10, 2007

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