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UC System, Business Groups to Explore Ways to Improve Campus Diversity

UC System, Business Groups to Explore Ways to Improve Campus Diversity SACRAMENTO, Calif.The University of California and an organization that promotes minority participation in economic and community development will spend two years looking for ways to improve campus diversity. UC President Richard Atkinson and the Greenlining Institute of San Francisco recently announced a two-year pilot […]

March 28, 2001

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A Call to Discard the SAT

A Call to Discard the SATCollege Board says ‘don’t scapegoat SAT because of inequalities in educational systems’By Pamela BurdmanSACRAMENTO, Calif.University of California President Richard Atkinson’s recent call to jettison the SAT I would eliminate a test that has long aroused suspicions of racial bias, a move diversity advocates have been proposing for decades.This time, however, […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

North Dakota School Divided Over ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname

North Dakota School Divided Over ‘Fighting Sioux’ NicknameGRAND FORKS, N.D. The University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname is dividing the campus in a dispute involving administrators, students, American Indians and a major contributor for an $85 million hockey arena. Opponents say the nickname demeans American Indians, and they contend it undermines the university’s efforts […]

March 28, 2001

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California’s Four Percent Plan Results in Record Number of Black, Hispanic Applicants at Berkeley

California’s Four Percent Plan Results in Record Number of Black, Hispanic Applicants at Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif. A record number of under-represented minorities applied to the University of California in the first year of a new program guaranteeing a spot to top-performing high school students. UC officials said recently they don’t have enough information to declare […]

February 28, 2001

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University of North Carolina System Updates Strategy for Diversity

University of North Carolina System Updates Strategy for DiversityRALEIGH, N.C. In an effort to make its 16 campuses better represent the state’s population, the University of North Carolina system is developing a new strategy to build ethnic and socio-economic diversity. The new approach updates a 1981 university policy that emphasizes the integration of White and […]

February 28, 2001

Students

The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions

The Need Still Exists for Black Student UnionsAs a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people — especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living in an era of diversity and multiculturalism, people still seek to […]

January 31, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City

Turning Up the Heat in the Windy CityIt’s 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office, sipping green tea and preparing to face yet another full schedule of meetings and engagements that will continue at a steady pace until […]

January 31, 2001

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Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]

January 31, 2001

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Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]

January 17, 2001

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UC System Has No Leeway to Consider Race in Admissions, Despite Recent Court Ruling

UC System Has No Leeway to Consider Race in Admissions, Despite Recent Court RulingBy Pamela BurdmanSAN FRANCISCOEven though two federal courts have cleared the way for admissions offices in other states to consider racial diversity, a recent decision by California’s Supreme Court suggests that the nation’s first university to voluntarily ban affirmative action has not […]

January 3, 2001

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Michigan State University Takes Initiative

Michigan State University Takes Initiative In Addressing Racial Profiling On CampusEast Lansing, Mich.Bruce Benson, chief of police at Michigan State University, had heard about it on CNN. He read about it in scholarly police journals. And while attending national police conferences he heard the issue constantly analyzed and dissected. Racial profiling, he noticed over the […]

December 20, 2000

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Officials Look to Boost Minority Graduations At N.J. Colleges

Officials Look to Boost Minority Graduations At N.J. CollegesHACKENSACK, N.J. T  he number of minority students enrolled at New Jersey colleges is on the rise, but their graduation rates still lag behind those of White students. While about 60 percent of White students in New Jersey graduate from college within six years after they enroll, […]

December 20, 2000