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Law School a Learning Experience for Louisiana Governor

Law School a Learning Experience for Louisiana GovernorBATON ROUGE, La.Officials at Southern University Law Center bent the rules to admit Louisiana Governor Mike Foster in August.But now that the 70-year-old Foster is enrolled as the school’s first part-time student, he’s treated the same as anyone else. He’s held to the same standards as other students […]

January 3, 2001

STEM

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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Bok and Bowen Receive Education Award for The Shape of the River

Bok and Bowen Receive Education Award for The Shape of the RiverLouisville, Ky.Educators Derek Bok and Dr. William G. Bowen will receive the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in Education for their book on race-sensitive admissions policies, the University of Louisville announced last month.In The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and […]

December 20, 2000

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Officials Defend Mississippi Desegregation Suit Settlement Offer

Officials Defend Mississippi Desegregation Suit Settlement OfferJACKSON, Miss. Higher education officials and the Mississippi attorney general defended the state’s counteroffer to a desegregation suit settlement posed by advocates for Black universities. The state College Board offered plaintiffs in the 25-year-old Ayers case about $400 million last month, an amount that was half of what was […]

December 20, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Students Come to Aid of Popular African American Law Professor

Students Come to Aid of Popular African American Law ProfessorLexington, KentuckyS tudents and alumni at the University of Kentucky’s College of Law are throwing their support behind a popular African American law professor who was denied tenure. Darlene Goring, one of three Black faculty members at the college, was being considered last month for tenure […]

December 6, 2000

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Attorney General Reno Promotes Law School Diversity at Conference

Attorney General Reno Promotes Law School Diversity at ConferenceDENVER Law schools should be allowed to take race into account when making admissions decisions in order to help bring diversity to the ranks of law school graduates and the legal system, Attorney General Janet Reno said earlier this month. “Without considering race in higher education admissions, […]

October 25, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Harvard Law School Honors Black Graduates, Brown Vs. Board of Education Lawyers

Harvard Law School Honors Black Graduates, Brown Vs. Board of Education LawyersLast month, the Harvard University Law School honored its Black alumni and the Brown vs. Board of Education litigation team, many of whom were Harvard Law grads. Ever since George Ruffin graduated in 1869, more than 1,600 African Americans have earned law degrees from […]

October 25, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Shortage of Black Faculty Prompts Florida Law School To Hire Race Relations Consultant

Shortage of Black Faculty Prompts Florida Law School To Hire Race Relations ConsultantGAINESVILLE, Fla. The University of Florida’s law school has taken steps to hire a race relations consultant to find out why it can’t keep Black faculty members. Black faculty members hold only two of the law school’s 54 full-time faculty positions. “I attribute […]

October 25, 2000

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Orlando Is FAMU Panel’s Top Choice for New Law School

Orlando Is FAMU Panel’s Top Choice for New Law SchoolTallahassee, fla. A five-member committee ranked Orlando, Fla., as the top choice for Florida A&M University’s new law school, which is scheduled to open in 2002.The committee earlier this month ranked Orlando above Lakeland, Tampa and Daytona Beach, but the final decision will be made by […]

September 27, 2000

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La. Governor Turns Heads By Enrolling in HBCU Law School

La. Governor Turns Heads By Enrolling in HBCU Law SchoolBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Five years after former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke helped him capture this state’s highest office, Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster has enrolled at Southern University Law Center. The 70-year-old Republican turned heads with his decision to enroll at the historically Black […]

September 13, 2000

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Fired Barber-Scotia Professor Wins Discrimination Lawsuit

Fired Barber-Scotia Professor Wins Discrimination Lawsuit CONCORD, N.C. Barber-Scotia College, a historically Black institution, fired a professor because he is White, a Cabarrus County civil jury has ruled. The jury deliberated for 2-1/2 hours before returning its verdict for David Miller, a former professor of sociology and criminal justice. “The jury has sent a message […]

September 13, 2000

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Affirmative Action’s Lost Luster

Affirmative Action’s  Lost LusterWhat’s different about affirmative action this year? Despite some major decisions recently made and some others that are coming up, the issue hasn’t been high on the political radar screen. The last decade saw affirmative action policies in higher education undergo serious retrenchment and heavy political attack from opponents. In 1996, conservative political […]

September 13, 2000