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Taking the Initiative

In the wake of Washington State’s passage of Initiative 200, pro-affirmative action scholars call for a new combat strategy

July 14, 2007

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Race and Success

New poll shows Americans view race as of little importance in determining one’s success in life. But some scholars argue that the survey is a `crude’ way to measure such a complex issue.

July 14, 2007

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Understanding How We Live

CHICAGO If you have ever wished for a centralized repository of data and information about the living standards of people in the United States, your wish is about to come true.

July 14, 2007

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Tenure, science, and race matters

For the first time in the 100-year history of what many consider the most elite technical university in the world, the California Institute of Technology has granted tenure to an African American.

July 14, 2007

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Measuring Entrepreneurial Success. – Review – book reviews

Race, Self-Employment, and Upward Mobility: An Illusive American Dream

July 14, 2007

Students

The Power & Pain of Multicultural Politics on Campus

When votes came in a few weeks ago for new student senators at California State University Northridge (CSUN), most of the winners were students of color. While that shouldn’t seem unusual for a multi-ethnic campus where minorities constitute 62 percent of the 27,000 students, it was a noteworthy departure from past elections.

July 14, 2007

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Poll Confirms that Americans Want Diversity on Campuses

Most Americans say that college students need to know about different kinds of people and how to get along with them. There also seems to be a national consensus that colleges should have diverse student bodies and faculties, as well as courses that focus on diversity.

July 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

The River Running Through College Admissions. – Review – book reviews

If you don’t read another book about higher education this year, you must read William G. Bowen’s and Derek Bok’s The Shape of the River: Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (Princeton University Press, 1998).

July 14, 2007

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Northwest passage? The state of Washington’s Initiative 200 is next round in national struggle over affirmative action

The state of Washington’s Initiative 200 is next round in the national struggle over affirmative action

July 14, 2007

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The College Board decries preparation gap

Washington The College Board released the profile of the 1998 college freshmen who took SAT and AP (Advanced Placement) exams, saying that the number of well-prepared students of all ethnicities is increasing — as well as the number of poorly prepared students.

July 14, 2007

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Word processing skills are not writing skills

Earlier this year, the steady drum beat of hysteria about “information haves and have-nots” hit a fever pitch when two University of Vanderbilt researchers released a study about the “the digital divide” between Black and White access to computers and the Internet.

July 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Out of the public eye – Bryant Gumbel – Cover Story – Interview

For fifteen years, Bryant Charles Gumbel was a part of America’s morning ritual. As the co-host of NBC’s Today Show, he would meet you at the morning breakfast table, wide-eyed and brimming with the new day’s headlines and trivia, which he delivered with his easy smile, sharp intellect, and quirky wit.

July 13, 2007