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Supreme Court Justice Scalia Says Race Has No Place In School Admissions

WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday defended some of his more controversial opinions, arguing that nothing in the U.S. Constitution supports abortion rights and the use of race in school admissions.

October 16, 2006

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Scholars Gear Up to Defend School Desegregation

As the U.S. Supreme Court gears up to hear a school desegregation case brought on by parent groups in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., a group of legal and education scholars filed briefs this week in support of desegregation efforts.

October 12, 2006

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Just the Stats: The Hard Facts on Texas’ Public Universities

The online version of Diverse last month ran a story about Black enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin exceeding pre-Hopwood levels for the first time in the decade since the race-neutral admissions mandate was decided by the federal courts. Upon reading the story, a professor from Texas questioned the significance of the statistics used in the story by the Associated Press.

October 12, 2006

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Research Roundup: Racially Mixed Juries; Affirmative Action and Black Enrollment; Immigrant Children’s School Performance

Racially mixed juries deliberate more thoroughly than all-White juries; Black enrollment would decline if affirmative action measures were dropped; immigrant children perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts in school.

October 7, 2006

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Group Claims Berkeley School District Discriminates

BERKELEY, Calif. A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the Berkeley, Calif., Unified School District claims the district is violating Proposition 209, the state’s ban on racial preferences.

October 5, 2006

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The School of Spellings

Tough, passionate and perhaps “terrifying,” U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been described…

October 4, 2006

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Racial Awareness

This article points to some interesting and important issues for those of us who study race and its impact on U.S. history and culture…

October 4, 2006

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Getting to Know Dr. Juan A. Gilbert

Can computer software help college admissions officers create a diverse freshman class…

October 4, 2006

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Tennessee Higher Ed Desegregation Case Comes to an End

A court-ordered agreement to increase racial diversity at Tennessee colleges and universities is coming to an end…

October 4, 2006

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The School of Spellings

Tough, passionate and perhaps “terrifying,” U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been described…

October 4, 2006

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Blacks Will Be Undercounted Under New Proposal, Civil Rights Groups Say

Civil rights groups are opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to change the way colleges and K-12 schools have collected information about the race and ethnicity of their students for the past four decades.

September 30, 2006

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MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race-related Issues

Dr. Jennifer A. Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius, despite being awarded a $500,000 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant – dubbed the “genius” award – for her work in studying interactions between races.

September 30, 2006