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Can the Dream Be Saved?

Can the Dream Be Saved?CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors  announced earlier this month that  race will continue to be considered in the school’s admissions process. The board also said it  supports President John T. Casteen III’s decision several months ago to end the use of a point system that benefited […]

October 27, 1999

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Same Team, Different Strategy

Same Team, Different StrategyThe Lawsuit Challenging Michigan’s Affirmative Action Policies has Produced a Wide Spectrum of Supporters Who are Prepared to Defend the University’s Pursuit of DiversityANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan prides itself on its commitment to maintaining a racially diverse campus. Indeed, here at the nation’s 10th-largest university, nearly one in […]

October 13, 1999

African-American

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class Blacks

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class BlacksNext month, Jenna Bond-Louden will board a plane for North Carolina where she and other college seniors will spend all day learning to write a college essay that will wow admissions officers. Her parents have already shelled out hundreds of dollars for the Baltimore senior to take SAT prep classes.There […]

October 13, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Running for Cover

Running for CoverFear and Paranoia Su rrounding Affirmative Action Lawsuits Unjustified, Experts SayBy Robin M. BennefieldTwo years ago, University of North Carolina System President Dr. Molly Broad, fresh from the California State System, requested a complete review of the use of race in the admissions policies of schools in the state system.Then last spring, Dr. David […]

October 13, 1999

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Georgia Reaffirms Affirmative Action

Georgia Reaffirms Affirmative ActionPresident Tells Campus That University Will ‘Do the Right Thing’By Michele N-K CollisonATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia officials announced late last month that they will continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions for a portion of the freshman class of 2000.The pronouncement here came even as the university […]

October 13, 1999

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White Instructor Wins Discrimination Case

White Instructor Wins Discrimination CaseMADISON, Wis. — A White art instructor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse could receive $150,000 in damages and a position at the school under a tentative settlement filed earlier this month here in his racial discrimination lawsuit.It’s been more than four years since John Ready of La Cresecent, Minn., was […]

September 29, 1999

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Calif. Court OKs Race Admissions

Calif. Court OKs Race AdmissionsRuling tailored for experimental school to conduct research but could apply elsewhereSAN FRANCISCO — An experimental University of California-Los Angeles elementary school here that uses racial admissions to study learning skills survived another court test this month but still faces more legal challenges.A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]

September 29, 1999

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Rap Session on Race

Rap Session on RaceAs Clinton calls for a second round of campus dialogue on race, some wonder how successful the first was; others praise efforts as a useful starting pointWASHINGTON — President Clinton created the President’s Initiative on Race to “help build One America in the 21st Century — a nation of people who respect […]

September 15, 1999

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Reading Is Fundamental

Reading Is FundamentalThe past 15 years have been marked by a burgeoning of non-fiction books by and about people of color, and on issues concerning their status in the nation’s complex system of education. Below is a sampling of those books that have had the broadest mainstream impact.1) Blacks in College, Jacqueline Fleming, Jossey-Bass, 1984.Challenging […]

August 18, 1999

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Transcending the Classroom

Transcending the Classroom Men of scholarship and prophetic insight must show us the right way and lead us into the light which is shining brighter and brighter.” — Carter G. Woodson    Over the past 15 years, the Black Issues staff has interviewed thousands of faculty. So, it was no small feat to come up with 15 […]

August 18, 1999

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If the Truth Be Cold …

If the Truth Be Cold …In this time of increasing negative rhetoric, Chilling Admission: The Affirmative Action Crisis and the Search for Alternatives, published by the Harvard Civil Rights Project, provides a welcome statement of the positive effects of affirmative action in colleges and universities.In the foreword, Christopher Edley Jr., professor of law and co-director […]

August 18, 1999

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6th Circuit Court Says Black And Latino Students Can Join Michigan Affirmative Action Cases

6th Circuit Court Says Black And Latino Students Can Join Michigan Affirmative Action Cases A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, earlier this month, to allow Black and Latino students to become defendants in two lawsuits challenging the University of Michigan’s affirmative action admissions policies. The ruling reverses two prior […]

August 18, 1999