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Election reflections – special report: health sciences

What happens when a shaky bridge to the future seems determined to fuse with a nostalgic look to the past? That is a jarring question to ask in the wake of the 1996 election and the Democratic Presidential victory, but since President William Jefferson Clinton is determined to push aspects of a Republican platform, it is the appropriate question.

June 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Appreciation: Louis Westerfield, 1949-1996 – Obituary

On August 2-4. 1996. Louis Westerfield — law school dean at three schools, law professor at four schools, author, judge, community leader, and dedicated family man — died of a heart attack in New Orleans.

June 22, 2007

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Supreme Court to Rule on Kentucky, Seattle School Integration Cases

WASHINGTON Nearly seven months have passed since the Supreme Court heard arguments about public school integration plans. A decision, it seems, is finally at hand.

June 22, 2007

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Life after Hopwood – University of Texas stops using standardized tests for admissions – Cover Story

El Paso, TX — Hopwood — the case that has thrown affirmative action programs into a tailspin — may be a “blessing in disguise,” according to University of Texas at El Paso president Diana Natalicio.

June 20, 2007

Students

Who benefits from affirmative action? – Whites are key beneficiaries of special admission standards at Washington State

In the midst of all the current breast-beating about affirmative action, the Washington State Commission on African-American Affairs has found that data — provided by four-year institutions and compiled by the Washington State Office of Financial Management show that whites are the key beneficiaries of “special/alternative admission standards” and affirmative action affecting hiring at Washington States’s four-year schools. The beneficiaries include significant numbers of white men as well as white women.

June 17, 2007

African-American

A piece of history – Clark Atlanta University Buys Historic Paschal’s Hotel-Restaurant

ATLANTA In one transaction, Clark Atlanta University has acquired a legendary Black business, a new dormitory and a world-class chicken recipe.

June 16, 2007

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Texas ruling may dismantle affirmative action – ruling on preferred treatment of minority for college admission

Austin, TX In a decision that could dismantle 20 years of affirmative action, a federal appeals court has ruled that the University of Texas should not have given preferred treatment to minorities admitted to its School of Law.

June 16, 2007

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On Dovey’s wings: former employees sue Howard University for $136.5 million – Recruitment & Retention

WASHINGTON Attorney Dovey J. Roundtree loves her alma mater.

June 15, 2007

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Traveling Classroom Uses Landmark Civil Rights Sites for Teaching

JACKSON, Miss. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated just one day before Sharon Matlock turned 10. Her birthday brought gifts and her mother’s tears, and ever since she has tried to understand the hatred and violence of those times. Now 49 and a college staff member, Matlock recently joined professors and students on a five-state trip to civil rights landmarks to find answers.

May 28, 2007

Students

New school tech trend creates old school problems

Online admissions applications offer prospective students immediacy and cost savings, but are electronic applications efficient as paper applications?

April 9, 2007

LGBTQ+

UCLA Gets $1 Million to Study Legal Topics Involving Gay Couples

LOS ANGELES A gay couple that hope to marry one day has donated more than $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to fund research on legal topics involving same-sex relationships.

February 28, 2007

Students

A Global Exchange

The wealth of educational opportunities in Africa has encouraged universities nationwide to establish partnerships with institutions on that continent…

February 7, 2007