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High Court Weighs Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action

After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions in a Michigan case, affirmative action opponents persuaded the state’s voters to outlaw any consideration of race.

October 14, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Elizabeth City State University Senior Wins Council Race

After the reversal of a decision last month by the North Carolina Board of Elections which blocked students from to running for public office, Montravias King became the first Elizabeth City State University student and one of the youngest candidates in Elizabeth City, N.C., history to win a city council seat Tuesday night.

October 9, 2013

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Key Factors in Urban Minority Male High School Success Detailed in New Study

A University of Pennsylvania research team has found that high expectations expressed by parents are among top factors why Black and Latino male high school students in New York City attribute to their academic success.

October 3, 2013

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Obama Administration Issues New Guidelines for College Admissions

The guidelines are intended to help colleges and universities address the issue of affirmative action while steering clear of potential legal sanctions.

September 29, 2013

Students

UA Forms Task Force to Review Diversity on Campus

University of Alabama faculty members are forming a task force on diversity following allegations of racism within the school’s Greek-letter social organizations.

September 25, 2013

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As Affirmative Action Continues to be Threatened, Schools Weigh Diversity Options

The Supreme Court will again review affirmative action policies in higher education this fall, including Michigan’s affirmative action ban.

September 22, 2013

Students

University of Delaware Honors Civil Rights Lawyer for Inspiring Integration

The University of Delaware names a newly-built residence hall after Louis Redding, a civil rights lawyer who successfully filed a lawsuit against the university for refusing to admit Black students in the 1950s.

September 22, 2013

Students

University of Alabama President: Sorority Decisions Based on Race

The University of Alabama is ordering changes in its sorority system amid charges of discrimination in the Greek-letter organizations, which the president acknowledged Tuesday are segregated by race.

September 17, 2013

Opinion

Race Relations Remain America’s Achilles Heel

Race relations have been and will be the Achilles Heel of the United States of America, at least for the foreseeable future. I hope that I am wrong.

August 22, 2013

Students

Coming to Terms with Fisher

Law professors discuss using race in admissions policies following the Supreme Court’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.

August 13, 2013

Opinion

Higher Education’s Complicity in the Trayvon Martin Tragedy

Universities need to lead the way toward the national conversation on race we clearly need.

August 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

New Look at Old Community Recasting History of Free Blacks in America

The Hill on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a historic community of free Blacks that predates Treme’, a neighborhood in New Orleans, which had been recognized as the oldest neighborhood of free Blacks.

August 7, 2013