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PASSING JUDGMENT

While some conservatives focused on Sotomayor’s positions on gun rights and abortion, many seemed fi xated with her comments regarding race and ethnicity. Their opposition, which continued up to the moment of the 68-31 Senat

September 16, 2009

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Passing Judgment

Conservative criticism of Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination refl ects the nation’s struggle with race and ethnicity in politics.

September 16, 2009

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SHIPPING IN

For a second consecutive year, the Naval Academy has admitted its most diverse class, and its work isn’t done.

September 2, 2009

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A MEDIATING FORCE

Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.

September 2, 2009

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Unprecedented Federal Support Predicted for HBCUs

At the conclusion of the 2009 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a gathering of Black college leaders Wednesday that he predicts HBCUs will receive “unprecedented” levels of financial support under the Obama administration.

September 2, 2009

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Maryland News Nuggets

The Old Line State has variety of institutions from Asian-serving and historically Black universities to a military academy and a plethora of community colleges.

September 2, 2009

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A Mediating Force

Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.

September 2, 2009

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Report Lauds “Model” of School Diversity

A school integration plan that takes into account the demographics of a student’s neighborhood rather than the student’s race when making school assignments has been endorsed by University of California researchers as a model for other school districts seeking to maintain diversity.

September 1, 2009

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Federal Judge Upholds UT’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policies

A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit Monday that claimed undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin violated the Constitution and federal law.

August 18, 2009

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Police at UVM, 3 communities recording race

Police at the University of Vermont and at three communities are recording the race of drivers during traffic stops.  According to the Burlington Free Press, the data collection project, also in Burlington, South Burlington and Winooski, follows through on a pledge made in 2007 at a community forum by Chittenden County law enforcement to pursue […]

August 3, 2009

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What to Learn in Obama’s ‘Teachable’ Race Moment?

You can’t solve a problem if you don’t discuss it.

July 30, 2009

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Race Not Mentioned in Gates 911 Call

The 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. did not mention race in the call, according to a statement issued by her attorney and backed up by Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas.  According to the Detroit Free Press, Lucia Whalen placed the 911 call July […]

July 26, 2009