Tag: Race: Page 68

STEM

Gates Says It’s Time To ‘Move On’ From His Arrest

Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he’s ready to move on from his arrest by a White police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying “in the end, this is not about me at all.”

July 26, 2009

African-American

The Professor, Policeman and President

President Barack Obama on Thursday backed off a statement he made the day before that Cambridge, Mass., police �acted stupidly� during the arrest of prominent Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. According to the Detroit Free Press, Obama said he never intended to call the officer �stupid� for arresting Gates on a disorderly conduct […]

July 23, 2009

Home

The Obama Books Boom

As Barack Obama’s rise to power inspires a flood of books, scholars hope the publishing trend will yield serious analysis.

July 8, 2009

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Despite Ruling, Testing Debate Far From Settled

The U.S. Supreme Court renewed debate Monday over the fairness of high-stakes testing with its ruling that White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who scored high enough to win promotion on an exam Black firefighters didn’t, were unfairly denied promotions as a result of their race.

June 29, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Sounding Off About a Silver Celebration

William E. Cox and Frank Matthews discuss the vision they had when they started Black Issues/Diverse 25 years ago and the magazine’s contributions to the higher education community.

June 10, 2009

Students

25 Legal and Legislative Milestones

This timeline reflects some of the most significant legal and legislative milestones that have influenced higher education over the 25 years that Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, formerly Black Issues In Higher Education, has been in print.

June 10, 2009

Students

Celebrating the Life and Legacy Of Dr. John Hope Franklin

Dr. John Hope Franklin chronicled the experiences of African-Americans like no one before him, forcing America to recognize Black history as American history. His contributions innumerable, his impact abiding. Here, scholars Robert Harris, David Levering-Lewis, John French and Clifton Wharton Jr. write about the celebrated scholar and activist.

June 10, 2009

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Harvard Student Claims Racism Plays Into Ban From Campus

A Harvard University senior who lives in the dorm where a Cambridge, Mass., resident was fatally shot this month says school officials ordered her out of the building and told her she could not graduate, claiming she was singled out because of her race.

May 27, 2009

Faculty & Staff

When Work Experience Is Not Enough

Legal practitioners find the leap into academia difficult; scholars recommend non-academicians get assistance with the ‘nuanced’ application process.

May 13, 2009

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Course Evaluations and a Chat With Nana

“Universal course evaluations” may need to be disaggregated by race to be fair and balanced.

May 13, 2009

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Study: LSAT Alternative Reveals No Racial Gap in Achievement

Over the past decade, University of California-Berkeley law professor Marjorie Shultz and Vice Provost Sheldon Zedeck have been searching for a better way to predict a student’s potential aptitude for law.

April 29, 2009

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White Man’s Burden? Discrimination Suits Flourish

The issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation’s highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice denying him admission because he was White.

April 28, 2009