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Jury Awards $5.85 Million in Fresno State Discrimination Suit

FRESNO Calif. A jury on Monday awarded a former Fresno State volleyball coach $5.85 million in damages, ruling that the school discriminated against her for speaking up on behalf of female athletes.

July 10, 2007

As discussion gets started, legislators seek elimination of government’s affirmative action policies

As President Bill Clinton was defending the use of affirmative action in college admissions, members of Congress rolled out a plan to abolish such preferences in the awarding of government funds.

July 10, 2007

Community Colleges

Judge says Alabama college system discriminated against women; ruling alludes to history of gender bias and “good-ol-boy” patronage

An Alabama federal judge has drawn a damning portrait of the state’s community college system, describing it as riddled with gender discrimination and rife with political patronage.

July 10, 2007

UC professor wins gender discrimination lawsuit – University of California at Santa Barbara Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez

One day last fall, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez woke up and decided she was not going to take it anymore.

July 10, 2007

Title IX: does help for women come at the expense of African Americans?

Gender equity has created an intriguing set of circumstances in the world of college athletics.

July 6, 2007

OU says drinking cases down amid tough new alcohol policy

ATHENS Ohio Ohio University’s new get-tough policy on student drinking resulted in 32 percent fewer alcohol violations last school year, compared to the same period a year before, school officials said.

July 4, 2007

Black Men and Education Focus Of Urban League Report

This year’s “The State of Black America” study by the National Urban League pays the most attention to Black males because they are further away from parity with their White counterparts in several significant categories.

June 27, 2007

Students vow to oppose Proposition 209 – special report: health sciences

The weekend after the elections, approximately 1,600 Chicano students met at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) for the regularly scheduled fall statewide MEChA conference.

June 23, 2007

Community Colleges

California faces a watershed election issue – Proposition 209

A bottle and rock-throwing melee at a California college last month returned the spotlight to the state’s initiative to end affirmative action.

June 23, 2007

Is racism a male thing? Study suggests that men have less tolerance than women

A new study that suggests racism within small groups appears to affect men more than women may have immense implications.

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Reaching out to young Black men: a dedicated and determined group of scholars offer the lure of the academy – includes related article on the Meyerhoff program as evaluated by a student – side bar listing academic programs for Black male students – Cover

The low numbers of African-American males seeking higher education is a problem that has been talked about, written about, and studied. Now, some colleges and universities seem willing to put their money where their mouths are.

June 22, 2007

African American males in higher education: reframing the issue – The Last Word – Column

Despite the many problems that plague African-American males, the practice of classifying us as an “endangered species” has always struck me as a convenient, but a regrettable, sound bite.

June 22, 2007

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