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Baffled and Bewildered by Race

Baffled and Bewildered by RaceCollege freshmen are more liberal than they’ve ever been, according to last fall’s edition of The American Freshman: National Norms for 2001, a study conducted annually by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education. However, many still enter institutions of higher education with stereotypical ideas about race, […]

March 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

‘Race in the College Classroom’

‘Race in the College Classroom’Minority faculty often face student resistance when teaching about raceDealing with conflict in the multiethnic classroom — well, it can pose dilemmas that stump even the so-called experts.An exchange during “Comparative and Collaborative Approaches to Teaching Multiethnic Literatures,” a panel at the recent Modern Languages Association conference, neatly illustrates the point. […]

March 13, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Opening the Schoolhouse Door

Opening the Schoolhouse DoorThere has been a great deal of discussion over the past decade about the recruitment and retention of African American students. The intensity, if not the frequency, of these conversations has been increased by the national debate on affirmative action and recent attacks on the use of affirmative action in college admissions. […]

January 30, 2002

Students

On the Job Market

On the Job MarketPositions in multiethnic literature hold firm,while other fields see decline.There’s good news on the job lists maintained by the Modern Language Association (MLA) for aspiring professors of African American literature and culture: The academy has a job for you. For the second year running, jobs in multiethnic literature have continued to rise, […]

January 30, 2002

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Race Matters — in the Workplace

Race Matters — in the WorkplaceUVA study taps into emerging research fieldA new study is shedding light on the ways in which Blacks and Whites manage conflict in the workplace. The bottom line, according to the author of the study, Dr. Martin N. Davidson, is that “race matters.”Davidson, associate professor of leadership and organizational behavior […]

January 16, 2002

Leadership & Policy

University of Texas Is Finished Fighting Affirmative Action, Officials Say

University of Texas Is Finished Fighting Affirmative Action, Officials SayAUSTIN, Texas After years of appeals, the University of Texas said last month that it was finished fighting its landmark court battle over affirmative action. The decision effectively ends the case named for Cheryl Hopwood and three other Whites who sued the university’s law school in […]

December 19, 2001

Students

UC Regents Endorse Admissions Policy Change

UC Regents Endorse Admissions Policy ChangeSAN FRANCISCOThe University of California regents formally approved last month an admissions policy to judge would-be students on their personal as well as their academic records. The policy, known as comprehensive review, was endorsed by a regents committee and formally approved 15-4 with one abstention by the full board.Comprehensive review, […]

December 5, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Georgia Regents Won’t Appeal

Georgia Regents Won’t Appeal University Admissions Case to Supreme CourtATLANTAA court ruling declaring the University of Georgia’s admissions policy unconstitutional because it considers race will not be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Regents said last month. Instead, the university will focus on recruitment efforts to increase the number of Black students, […]

December 5, 2001

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UC Faculty Approve Change in Admissions

UC Faculty Approve Change in AdmissionsChange would affect where students would matriculateBERKELEY, Calif. University of California faculty have endorsed a change in the admissions policy that would look at students’ life achievements as well as their academic records. The systemwide assembly of the Academic Senate met late last month at UCLA and voted 42-0 in […]

November 21, 2001

HBCUs

Not Your Average Affirmative Action Program

Not Your Average Affirmative Action ProgramThe decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in Bakke v. Board of Regents recognizes diversity in higher education as a compelling interest that will permit a public university to consider race as a factor in a competitive admissions process. Opponents of affirmative action programs in higher education have mounted […]

October 24, 2001

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UGA Passes Up Chance to Appeal Admissions Policy Decision

UGA Passes Up Chance to Appeal Admissions Policy DecisionSchool officials are still considering Supreme Court action.ATHENS, Ga.The University of Georgia has only one option left — the U.S. Supreme Court — if it will appeal a federal court ruling that declared its admissions policy unconstitutional because it considers race. Georgia let a Sept. 17 deadline […]

October 10, 2001

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Reparations and Affirmative Action: What You Owe Me

Reparations and Affirmative Action: What You Owe MeVeteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault was one of the first two African Americans to attend the University of Georgia in 1961. Hamilton Holmes and Hunter-Gault had their admission to college delayed for two years while the University of Georgia tried to deny them admittance to the college. When they […]

September 26, 2001