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Scholars of Note: Law

LawMaking Critical MovesDevon CarbadoTitle: Professor of Law, University of California, Los AngelesEducation: J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., University of California, Los AngelesAge: 38Devon Carbado has by any measure had an enviable career. He’s one of the country’s most respected critical race theorists — indeed, he helped found UCLA law school’s critical race theory concentration, the […]

January 14, 2004

Health

Report: Race, Income Key Factors in Women’s Health, Insurance

Report: Race, Income Key Factors in Women’s Health, InsuranceLOS ANGELESRace and income levels are key factors in determining whether women are healthy and whether they have health insurance, according to a public health report released last month.The University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research examined overall health, insurance coverage and access to […]

January 14, 2004

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Northeastern University Hosts Race Relations Conference

Northeastern University Hosts Race Relations ConferenceBOSTONAffirmative action and life after the University of Michigan cases dominated discussions last month at a two-day conference at Northeastern University in Boston.The conference, “Race Relations on College Campuses: New Dimensions of Inclusion,” climaxed with a town meeting. The panel included John Alger, legal counsel for the University of Michigan, […]

December 31, 2003

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Admissions Controversy Embroils Berkeley Again

Admissions Controversy Embroils Berkeley AgainRegents chairman questions low-scoring SAT admits, leaks report to newspaperBy Pamela BurdmanBERKELEY, Calif.Just when it seemed that the University of California was finally moving beyond divisions over race in admissions, a new controversy has erupted at the Berkeley campus, garnering an onslaught of headlines around the state and a rebuke for […]

December 31, 2003

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A Year in Review: The Legal Survival of Race in College Admissions

The Legal Survival of Race in College AdmissionsLegal scholars, college admissions professionals and others made predictions about how the U.S. Supreme Court would rule on the University of Michigan’s two affirmative action cases. Though the predicted outcomes varied, all agreed the decisions would be historic. On April 1, the court heard opening arguments in both […]

December 17, 2003

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New Affirmative Action Issues Expose Split U.S. Supreme Court

New Affirmative Action Issues Expose Split U.S. Supreme CourtWASHINGTONFresh off the divisive University of Michigan cases involving affirmative action in college admissions, a divided U.S. Supreme Court refused last month to consider the constitutionality of a Denver law that gives minority- and female-owned contractors a better chance at winning some contracts. The city had been […]

December 3, 2003

African-American

Counting on Black

Counting on BlackHistorically Black colleges offer symbolic venue for candidates wanting to connect with Black votersBy Ronald RoachThe push for a connection between Black American voters and the campaigns of Democratic Party presidential candidates reached a symbolic high in September when the contenders squared off in a nationally televised debate on the campus of Morgan […]

December 3, 2003

Leadership & Policy

On New Ground – DR. Elson S. Floyd

DR. Elson S. FloydPresident, University of Missouri systemEducation: Ph.D., Higher and Adult Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Master of Education, Adult Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Speech, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill In early October, Black Issues caught up with Dr. Elson S. Floyd in Kansas City, […]

November 19, 2003

Health

Study: Students of Mixed Race Suffer More Health Problems

Study: Students of Mixed Race Suffer More Health ProblemsCHAPEL HILL, N.C.Anew study that involved surveying 90,000 adolescent U.S. students showed that those who considered themselves to be of mixed race were more likely than others to suffer from depression, substance abuse, sleep problems, and various aches and pains.Conducted by researchers at the University of North […]

November 19, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Opening the Doors of the Academy a Little Wider

Opening the Doors of the Academy a Little WiderIn our cover story in this year’s special report on careers in higher education, senior writer Ronald Roach conducts interviews with newly appointed presidents Dr. Adam Herbert and Dr. Elson Floyd of Indiana University and the University of Missouri system respectively. These are both significant appointments — […]

November 19, 2003

HBCUs

Our Collective Responsibility To Black Males

Our Collective Responsibility To Black MalesAs he went through cold-bath fields he saw a solitary cell; and the devil was pleased, for it gave him a hint for improving his prisons in hell. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, writer and poetIn Cambridge, Mass., a speaker on race relations asked these questions: “Where are our young African […]

November 5, 2003

African-American

WarpLand: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas

WarpLand: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas•Published by the Gwendolyn Brooks  Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing, Chicago State University• Quraysh Ali Lansana, faculty adviser• Audrey Tolliver, senior editorWhen reached by telephone in his offices at Chicago State University’s Gwendolyn Brooks Center, Quraysh Ali Lansana, the poet and assistant professor of English who directs the […]

November 5, 2003