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Supreme Court Justice Scalia Says Race Has No Place In School Admissions

WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday defended some of his more controversial opinions, arguing that nothing in the U.S. Constitution supports abortion rights and the use of race in school admissions.

October 16, 2006

Disabilties

Voter Intimidation and Fraud Examined by U.S. Civil Rights Commission

With concerns about past election disputes and waning public confidence in the electoral process, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a briefing on Friday to investigate voter fraud and voter intimidation.

October 15, 2006

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Scholars Gear Up to Defend School Desegregation

As the U.S. Supreme Court gears up to hear a school desegregation case brought on by parent groups in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., a group of legal and education scholars filed briefs this week in support of desegregation efforts.

October 12, 2006

Students

Just the Stats: The Hard Facts on Texas’ Public Universities

The online version of Diverse last month ran a story about Black enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin exceeding pre-Hopwood levels for the first time in the decade since the race-neutral admissions mandate was decided by the federal courts. Upon reading the story, a professor from Texas questioned the significance of the statistics used in the story by the Associated Press.

October 12, 2006

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Drawn Out of the Game

The way today’s legislators draw political boundary lines reminds Deralyn Davis of the kinds of obstacles that kept Blacks from voting back…

October 11, 2006

Leadership & Policy

South Carolina HBCU Launches Institute to Focus on Southern Black History, Culture and Policy

ORANGEBURG, S.C. Claflin University is recruiting young scholars for a new institute focused on the study of African-American history and culture in the South.

October 9, 2006

Students

Getting to Know Dr. Juan A. Gilbert

Can computer software help college admissions officers create a diverse freshman class…

October 4, 2006

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Drawn Out of the Game

The way today’s legislators draw political boundary lines reminds Deralyn Davis of the kinds of obstacles…

October 4, 2006

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian Americans Aren’t White Folks’ ‘Racial Mascots’

Affirmative action has almost always been framed as a Black and White issue…

October 4, 2006

Asian American Pacific Islander

Perspectives: Asian Americans Aren’t White Folks’ ‘Racial Mascots’

Although usually excluded from discussions about civil rights, Asian Americans are increasingly introduced as an argument against racial diversity. Yet like all Americans, Asian immigrants and their native-born children benefit from the modest efforts to include everyone in the American Dream.

October 3, 2006

African-American

Bill Cosby Urges Black Support For Slavery Museum

Bill Cosby, who more than two years ago urged African-Americans to take more responsibility for their neighborhoods and children, says Blacks should be similarly responsible for building the national slavery museum in Fredericksburg, Va.

September 27, 2006

HBCUs

Colleges Fail to Teach Students About America’s History, Says Report

According to a study commissioned by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and conducted by the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy, seniors at some of the nation’s most respected institutions graduate knowing less about American history than they did when they arrived on campus.

September 26, 2006