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Latinx

Foreign Scholars Continue To Be Scrutinized By U.S. Authorities

A number of foreign scholars have been denied entry this year to the United States on grounds of political or ideological affiliations. According to the ACLU, the U.S. government is using ideological exclusion not as a legitimate reason to protect the country but just to stop someone who is against government policy per se.

September 23, 2006

Students

Black Enrollment At UT-Austin Exceeds Pre-Hopwood Level for First Time

AUSTIN, Texas More Blacks are studying at the University of Texas at Austin this semester than ever, breaking a record set the year a federal appeals court banned the use of race in admissions.

September 23, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Professors be Aware

A student Web site that ranks professors based on the number of As through Fs given out in each…

September 6, 2006

African-American

Marshall Drops ‘African-American students only’ From Course List

Marshall University has dropped the words “African-American students only” from an orientation class listed…

September 6, 2006

Students

Eviction Of Depressed Students A Tricky Issue For U.S. Colleges

NEW YORK A depressed Hunter College student who swallowed handfuls of Tylenol, then saved her own life by calling 911, was in for a surprise when she returned to her dorm room after the ordeal.

September 4, 2006

Students

Senator Declines Thurgood Marshall Foundation Award

RICHMOND, Va. Sen. George Allen of Virginia last week declined an award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund after an outcry over his selection for the honor.

September 3, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Diversity Mandate

Before becoming the first African-American provost at Emory University, Dr. Earl Lewis had been on the front lines of the University of Michigan’s defense of affirmative action in higher education…

August 30, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Going Deep in Year Two

A little more than a year ago, president and publisher Bill Cox and Frank Matthews announced that…

August 23, 2006

Home

Civil Rights Commission Takes On Diversity In K-12 Schools

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights assembled a panel of experts last month to discuss whether elementary…

August 23, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Diversity Mandate

Before becoming the first African-American provost at Emory University, Dr. Earl Lewis had been on the front…

August 23, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Remembering the Michigan Mandate

Nearly two decades after its creation by the University of Michigan, the Michigan Mandate remains as one…

August 23, 2006

African-American

Marshall Drops ‘African-American students only’ From Course List

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Marshall University has dropped the words “African-American students only” from an orientation class listed on its fall schedule, following a warning from an educational foundation that it could be violating state and federal law.

August 12, 2006