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Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting Diversity

Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting DiversityA federal district judge ruled late last month that three White female applicants denied admission to the University of Georgia in 1999 should be offered admission to the institution this fall, effectively ending the university’s policy of giving special consideration to minority applicants.In his […]

August 16, 2000

Community Colleges

Historical Straight Talk About Math

Historical Straight Talk About MathContrary to some Eurocentric approaches to teaching mathematics, ethnomathematicians instruct their students about how people of all cultures have used math over the course of history. In his courses, Dr. Eduardo Arismendi-Pardi of California’s Orange Coast College, cites references to the Egyptians, Japanese, Chinese, Mayans, Africans, Latin Americans and Incas, all […]

August 16, 2000

Native Americans

California’s Minority Enrollment Is Up , But That’s Only Part of the Story

California’s Minority Enrollment Is Up , But That’s Only Part of the StoryBERKELEY, Calif. — The number of Black and Hispanic freshmen admitted to the University of California system has rebounded to the level it was when race and gender preferences were still in place.However, much of the recovery is because more Blacks and Hispanics […]

April 26, 2000

Georgia Reaffirms Affirmative Action

Georgia Reaffirms Affirmative ActionPresident Tells Campus That University Will ‘Do the Right Thing’By Michele N-K CollisonATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia officials announced late last month that they will continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions for a portion of the freshman class of 2000.The pronouncement here came even as the university […]

October 13, 1999

African-American

An Incomplete Herstory

An Incomplete HerstoryWhen Women Ask the Questions is a provocative, yet deeply flawed publication that purports to annotate the creation of women’s studies programs within the American academy. Noted as “the first comprehensive account of women’s studies,” Marilyn Jacoby Boxer presents an incomplete history of the discipline in its maneuverings through the patriarchal elitism of […]

June 23, 1999

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