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Students

UConn Opposing Bill to Regulate Scholarships

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the University of Connecticut to continue paying for the education of athletes who lose their scholarships due to injury, illness or even a coach’s decision.

March 20, 2013

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Texas Senate Considers Changes to School Testing

Texas senators started a debate Tuesday that will likely last for weeks as lawmakers try to decide how many standardized tests students must take to graduate from high school.

March 12, 2013

International

Hypocrisy, Social Capital, and the Shadow Process

The admissions cycle is in full swing. Applicants are waiting with bated breath as committees pore over files and dole out hope and despair in the form of decision letters.

February 28, 2013

Students

Texas Senate May Wade Into UT Dispute

The Texas Senate announced Tuesday that it will hold hearings into the behavior of the University of Texas’ regents and whether they are meddling too much into President Bill Powers’ private life and management of the school.

February 19, 2013

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Lawson’s Papers to be Housed at Vanderbilt

Civil rights champion Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. has donated a significant portion of his papers to Vanderbilt University.

February 19, 2013

African-American

Will African-Americans Be Used as a Wedge Against Immigration Reform?

Tonight in New York City, the Lunar New Year meets Black History month as the Asian American Legal Defense Fund honors legendary Freedom Rider, civil rights activist and long-time Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

February 18, 2013

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Florida Justices Say Legislature Can Set Tuition

The Florida Supreme Court says the Legislature rather than the Board of Governors has the authority to set tuition rates at state universities.

January 31, 2013

LGBTQ+

Divided We Fail: Replicating the Successes and Avoiding the Mistakes of Desegregation

On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that officially ended the era of school desegregation that followed Brown v. Board of Education.

January 30, 2013

Asian American Pacific Islander

You know MLK, but do you know FTK?: Why we all should celebrate Fred T. Korematsu

In 1942, Korematsu, when he was all of 23, refused the U.S. government’s order to be placed in an internment camp for Japanese Americans.

January 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Latest NCAA Scandal Comes from Headquarters

In an embarrassing blow to its watchdog image, the NCAA said Wednesday its enforcement staff had botched the high-profile investigation of the University of Miami by improperly conducting at least two depositions while working with an attorney for disgraced booster Nevin Shapiro.

January 23, 2013

Students

Three More Schools Win OK To Waive Out-Of-State Costs

Mississippi Valley State University on Thursday became the second public university to allow all out-of-state residents to pay the same tuition rates as students who live in Mississippi.

January 21, 2013

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Law School Seeks Out Minorities and Working Class

Darius Greene, a diversity recruitment admissions officer at the Massachusetts School of Law, has made it a point to recruit underrepresented students to the institution.

January 21, 2013