Tag: Race: Page 54

Opinion

We Have a Long Way to Go on Racial Issues

A few weeks ago in my previous column, I wrote about a candid, no-holds-barred conversation that I had with a student who was enrolled in my summer session course.

August 1, 2013

African-American

What if the ‘Perpetually Horny Middle-Aged Man’ in the News Was a Person of Color?

We live in a sex-crazed culture.

July 29, 2013

Home

Diverse Docket: New Jersey University Lawful in Terminating Former Black General Counsel

A state appeals court says The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey was legitimate for firing former Black general counsel during a Medicaid fraud investigation.

July 28, 2013

Students

Bennett More Than a ‘First’ at Southern Mississippi

Dr. Rodney Bennett has received national attention as the first African-American president of a predominantly White university.

July 22, 2013

Opinion

President Obama Sparks a National Conversation on Race After Trayvon Martin Verdict

Now that the president has finally addressed the topic of race publicly, what will the conversation look like going forward?

July 22, 2013

African-American

Putting the Facts and Race in Perspective in the Zimmerman Acquittal

Still have a problem with the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing? The basic facts still don’t add up to me either.

July 15, 2013

Faculty & Staff

We Have Come a Long Way on Racial Issues, But We Have a Long Way to Go

A few days ago, we were discussing the modern Civil Rights Movement in the five-week summer session course that I am teaching.

July 10, 2013

Students

Missouri, Kansas Public Colleges Say Minority Recruitment Efforts Unaffected

Some schools say a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action won’t affect their efforts to recruit minority students.

July 8, 2013

Opinion

There’s Reality and There’s Clarence Thomas

Why is Justice Clarence Thomas ignoring the reality of segregationist arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case?

July 2, 2013

Students

Study Says Affirmative Action Does Not Do a Disservice to Students

Two professors find that disadvantaged students who were admitted to elite University of California institutions did just as well as their better-prepared peers.

July 1, 2013

Opinion

Not the End of Affirmative Action as We Know It

The Supreme Court’s agreement to hear Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action made it pretty clear that the Court was not leaning toward an affirmative action ban.

June 26, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Employment Practices in the Professions

June 24, 2013