Tag: Affirmative Action: Page 15

Faculty & Staff

We Have Come a Long Way on Racial Issues, But We Have a Long Way to Go

A few days ago, we were discussing the modern Civil Rights Movement in the five-week summer session course that I am teaching.

July 10, 2013

African-American

Asiana Crash Exposes 21st Century Racism on Twitter

If you see the Internet as raceless, colorblind and digital, think again my friend. It’s a breeding ground for 21st Century racism. Witness the instances of the nearly instantaneous anti-Asian racist tweets soon after the Asiana Airlines crash this weekend. On social media, you can see the knee-jerky reaction. It’s racism in real time. Time […]

July 8, 2013

Home

Supreme Court Deals Voting Rights Act Serious Blow

Civil rights advocates are expressing dismay in the wake of the decision to strike down the section that designated that parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or the federal courts.

June 25, 2013

Students

June 6th Issue

Colin Powell at vanguard of effort to boost lagging achievement among struggling minority students

June 7, 2013

Students

Sen. Gillibrand Proposes Student Loan Refinance Plan

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to relieve the debt burden of millions of students who have borrowed to pay for their education especially New Yorkers, who average nearly $30,000 in student debt.

May 19, 2013

Faculty & Staff

First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington

This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.

May 7, 2013

Students

4 Charged With Hazing Linked to Virginia State University Drowning

Police say four men are being charged in connection with a hazing that resulted in the drowning of a Virginia State University freshman.

April 23, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Court Tosses Trump U’s Defamation Claims

A federal appeals court on Wednesday breathed new life into a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump’s universityDonald Trump’s -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 DaysBiographies Plus News engages in deceptive business practices.

April 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Washington State University President Reacts to Assault on Professor

Washington State University President Elson Floyd has donated $10,000 to the reward fund to help catch whoever assaulted a faculty member near campus.

April 10, 2013

Sports

Rejection Can Be a Good Thing in the Long Run

One of the recurring stories heard this time year is about the disappointment someone feels because he or she did not get into the college of choice. All is not lost.

April 10, 2013

Students

Will New Report Move Colleges Toward a Color-Blind Sense of Diversity?

Anti-affirmative action advocates (from both the left and right), have long said it was really all about class — not race — in the quest for equal opportunity in student admission.

March 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Oberlin College and the Popular Fables of Hate and Ignorance

Oberlin College administrators suspended classes “and all non-essential activities” on Monday in response to a series of “hate-related incidents.”

March 5, 2013