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Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions

Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions Grows Murkier Michigan supporters plan national march, rally to increase visibilityDETROITThe issue of affirmative action in college admissions continues to make headlines as a recent ruling adds to the growing set of conflicting court decisions, and affirmative action supporters plan a national march.In a unanimous ruling, a Georgia federal […]

September 26, 2001

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Appeals Court Throws Out Race-Conscious Admissions Policy At UGA

Appeals Court Throws Out Race-Conscious Admissions Policy At UGAATLANTA A federal appeals court late last month declared unconstitutional an admissions policy at the University of Georgia that gave minorities a numerical boost. The three-judge panel 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of three White women who were denied […]

September 12, 2001

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Literary Journal, Editor to Move from UVA to Texas A&M

Literary Journal, Editor to Move from UVA to Texas A&MCharlottesville, Va.Dr. Charles H. Rowell, professor of English and editor of the acclaimed literary journal of the African Diaspora Callaloo, has announced that, as of late August, he will relocate the journal from its current home at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., to the […]

August 29, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Tech Task Force to Study Race

Virginia Tech Task Force to Study RaceSurvey finds Whites, Blacks perceive campus racial climate differentlyBLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech task force will examine racial tensions on campus in response to concerns from students and faculty. The 20-member group, composed of faculty and students, will study how to improve communication within the university community and encourage […]

June 20, 2001

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Supreme Court Declines to Review Affirmative Action Case

Supreme Court Declines to Review Affirmative Action CaseDecision leaves education observers wondering when Court will revisit the issueBy Ronald A. TaylorWASHINGTONThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month to let stand a federal appeals court ruling on the University of Washington law school’s now-revised admissions policy left affirmative action advocates applauding, quota opponents grumbling and both […]

June 20, 2001

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Maintaining an Open Pipeline to Higher Education: Strategies that Work

Maintaining an Open Pipeline to Higher Education: Strategies that WorkAnother academic year has come and gone and this edition of Black Issues allows us to celebrate the success of students of color. While we applaud these students, we must also address the fact that in order to increase the number of African American and other […]

June 6, 2001

Students

In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative Action

In Symbolic Gesture, UC Regents Repeal Ban On Affirmative ActionBy Pamela BurdmanSAN FRANCISCOIn a unanimous vote, the University of California regents have repealed their ban on affirmative action, hoping to send a welcoming message to Black and Latino students — and bid farewell to six years of protests and political infighting.Sealed in backroom agreements under […]

June 6, 2001

African-American

Teaching Slavery: Overcoming Artificial Barriers to Past, Present

Teaching Slavery: Overcoming Artificial Barriers to Past, PresentRecent discussions of reparations to African Americans for slavery prompted me to reflect on the ways I have been taught about slavery in graduate school. My educational experiences with the study of slavery have varied according to the professor’s chosen topics for discussion and their selection of readings. […]

May 23, 2001

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Events

EventsMAYMay 31-June 4Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies 14th Annual Conference on Race & EthnicitySheraton Downtown HotelSeattleContact: Pari NabaviPhone: (405) 292-4172Fax: (405) 292-4177E-mail: [email protected]: www.occe.ou.edu/NCORE JUNEJune 6-92001 National Mental Health Association Conference“Justice for All: Addressing America’s Mental Health Disparities”Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol HillWashingtonPhone: (800) 969-6642Web: www.nmha.orgJune 12-13Macalester Forum on Higher Education“Competitive Advantage and Common […]

May 9, 2001

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Voice of Dissent

Voice of DissentBerkeley professor and author of the controversial book Losing the Race, Dr. John McWhorter speaks to Black Issues about leaving the African American Studies Department, being a Black professor and his intense media coverage.     By Pamela BurdmanDr. John McWhorter was little known outside the field of linguistics until the Oakland school board passed […]

May 9, 2001

Students

Texas Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Hopwood Case

Texas Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Hopwood CaseAUSTIN, Texas Texas Attorney General John Cornyn asked the U.S. Supreme Court last month to review the landmark Hopwood ruling that led to a ban on race-based policies for admissions, financial aid and scholarships at the state’s public universities. “This is probably the last chance to get […]

May 9, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Report Addresses Allegations of Racism at Florida Law School

Report Addresses Allegations of Racism at Florida Law School GAINESVILLE, Fla.Aconsultant’s report on racial issues at the University of Florida College of Law says the school’s major problem is a “culture of name calling” in which professors lash out at each other through e-mail and in faculty meetings. “Everyone, almost without exception, complained about a […]

April 25, 2001