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Faculty & Staff

Diversifying the fourth estate – journalism schools

Will journalism schools continue to pursue students of color now that the American Society of Newspaper Editors has scaled back its commitment to diversity?

July 13, 2007

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Sen. Obama Criticizes Bush Administration’s Record on Race Relations

DETROIT Presidential hopeful Barack Obama drew the loudest cheers of the eight Democratic candidates at a civil rights forum as he assailed the Bush administration’s record on race relations.

July 12, 2007

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The pragmatism of Bakke – affirmative action

This month’s twentieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Bakke v. University of California is an odd occasion to commemorate. The Bakke case is the earliest in which the Supreme Court directly addressed affirmative action. But like much of the affirmative action debate, Bakke is as symbolic as it is real. Appropriately, given its resolution at the time, the Bakke case presents multiple meanings today.

July 12, 2007

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‘Treatment’ does not confer ‘status.’ – affirmative action – Column

Many opponents of affirmative action argue loudly and unflinchingly that race should no longer matter in the academy and that preferential treatment for scholars of color is divisive and unconstitutional.

July 12, 2007

Sports

Clinton’s race initiative on tour: sports was focus of the latest national town hall meeting – includes related article on higher education

Sports provided the focus of President Bill Clinton’s second town hall meeting on race relations in America. Clinton and leading collegiate and professional sports figures participated in a lively meeting and discussion, which was held at the University of Houston on April 14, 1998. The televised forum was entitled, “Race & Sports; Running in Place?”

July 12, 2007

Sports

Black scholars on sports: controversial book brings Black intellectuals together to discuss whether African Americans are preoccupied with sports – John Hoberman, ‘Darwin’s Athletes: How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race’

Controversial book brings Black intellectuals together to discuss whether African Americans are preoccupied with sports

July 12, 2007

African-American

In defense of diversity: videoconference examines the anti-affirmative action movement

I find it interesting that it wasn’t until the issue of race was introduced in the admission process that [preferences] became ax issue. It’s not until you talk about race that we’re seeing these kinds of legal challenges.”

July 12, 2007

Students

Making mentorship count: surviving Ph.D. programs requires someone who is willing to show the way

By his own admission, Dr. Damian Rouson’s initial adjustment from Howard University to the graduate engineering program at Stanford University was difficult.

July 12, 2007

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Just the Stats: Top 100 Popular Disciplines By Race, Gender

As encouraging as the numbers of minorities earning advanced degrees may have been, gender differences across racial lines continue to persist at the master’s and doctoral levels.

July 12, 2007

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Democratic Candidates Criticize Bush Record on Race

DETROIT Democratic presidential contender U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on Thursday derided President George W. Bush’s commutation of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison term even as Black men routinely serve time behind bars.

July 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Looking out for their future – Black and Latino students seek to support University of Michigan as defendants in reverse discrimination lawsuit

Washington National and local civil rights groups are hoping to accomplish in Michigan what Texas officials failed to do during Hopwood v. Texas — that is, prevent the restriction of educational opportunities for Black and Latino students.

July 11, 2007

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The pitfalls and the pendulum – recruiting for affirmative action programs and the law

People often ask me to predict how current events are shaping the future of affirmative action. The wonder aloud about the legality of initiatives to recruit, action, and promote Black faculty and administrators. My response may vary somewhat, depending on the purpose of the question and the questioner. But, invariably, I make one point emphatically: The pendulum tends to swing back and forth in response to the political climate of the country, but the backward arcs have never been dramatic — especially in comparison with the wider swings forward.

July 11, 2007