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Leadership & Policy

Sparring Continues Over Cuny black male initiative

I have never met the young African-American man who writer Christina Asquith claims (see “Dreams Deferred?” Feb. 22) we are trying to put out of a job as a counselor at Medgar Evers College’s Male Development and Empowerment Center.

April 4, 2007

HBCUs

Success of HBCUs Means Looking Forward, Not Backwards

As a scholar and observer of higher education, I am sometimes concerned about the future of historically Black colleges and universities.

April 4, 2007

Students

Univ. Of Michigan Uses Computer Program To Achieve Diversity

ANN ARBOR The University of Michigan says it has stopped using race and gender when selecting which students to admit, but it is using new tools to make sure it brings in a diverse class next fall.

March 28, 2007

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College Board Calls for Broader Coalition, Dialogue to Boost Diverse Student Body

The College Board on Friday issued a new policy paper to assist colleges and universities seeking to maintain a diverse student body in the wake of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action as well as voter initiatives on the state level to ban race as a factor in public higher education.

March 25, 2007

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Spike Lee Goes Back to School

Last August, Spike Lee’s HBO documentary on Hurricane Katrina brought home painful scenes of human suffering

March 21, 2007

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A Conversation With Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

Issues of race and integration have long concerned Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College and author of the upcoming book…

March 21, 2007

Students

Michigan Proposal 2 Battle Threatens Scholarships

Now that Michigan voters have axed affirmation action programs in public institutions…

March 7, 2007

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Proving One’s Race

It’s a shame that in the 21st century Native people…

February 21, 2007

Community Colleges

Dreams Deferred?

Wrongly imprisoned, Alan Newton advises students in CUNY’s Black Male Initiative. So why is a civil rights group trying to stop him?

February 21, 2007

STEM

University of Wisconsin Defends Admissions Policy That Considers Applicant’s Race

Although the University of Wisconsin’s new admissions policy that considers the race of the applicant has been widely panned, a spokesman for the system said the policy is more holistic than race-based.

February 19, 2007

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Perspectives: Is America Ready to Elect a Black President?

The mere fact that this question is getting asked across the country is an answer unto itself. While there is evidence that White Americans support Black candidates running for lower-rung offices, that support may not translate into a Black candidate’s successful bid for the White House.

January 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke Fallout Continues as Top Black Professor Resigns From Race Committee

The Duke University professor heading a university-appointed committee to investigate race relations on campus in the wake of last spring’s men’s lacrosse scandal has resigned from that committee in protest against the recent decision to invite two of the players back on to campus.

January 9, 2007