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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Yale Affirmative Action for His Early Job Problems

NEW HAVEN Conn. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school’s affirmative action policies in the 1970s for his difficulty finding a job after he graduated.

October 21, 2007

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Anti-affirmative Action Activist Ward Connerly Comes to Missouri

COLUMBIA Mo. Having conquered California a decade ago and Michigan last year, affirmative action critic Ward Connerly now has his sights set on the Show-Me State.

October 21, 2007

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Campaigning for College

Texas’ Closing the Gaps initiative pays close attention to the demographics of its growing minority communities.

October 16, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Summit: Faculty Challenged to Get Off Athletic Sidelines and Get Involved

Washington, D.C. In response to the recently released Knight Foundation survey showing that higher education faculty care little about college athletics, a group of nationally recognized experts meeting here urged them to rethink their attitudes and lack of involvement.

October 14, 2007

Students

The Rise of the Ghetto-Fabulous Party

In a recent article published in Colorlines, Dr. C. Richard King, an associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, and Dr. David J. Leonard, an assistant professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, argue that the “gangsta” parties could be the culmination of two decades of conservative politics at colleges and the “corporatization” of American universities.

October 4, 2007

Sports

Affirmative Action officer at University of North Dakota says division over Fighting Sioux nickname can create unwelcome environment

The University of North Dakota’s affirmative action officer says campus departments and programs that oppose the school’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo might create an “unwelcome” environment for nickname-supporting students.

October 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Visit by Iranian President Was Just the Latest Controversy for Columbia University Leader

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger keeps finding himself in the middle of campus turmoil. He enrolled at Columbia’s law school in 1968, when the campus was convulsed by anti-war protests. He was a dean at the University of Michigan during a struggle over the school’s speech code. Later, as the university’s president, he defended its affirmative action policies all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Columbia president Bollinger reviled, praised for allowing Ahmadinejad

NEW YORK Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, heavily criticized for allowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at the school, on Monday was enthusiastically applauded for his tough remarks to the Iranian leader.

September 24, 2007

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Tense Ahmadinejad questions 9/11, Holocaust at Columbia University

NEW YORK Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad questioned the official version of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance at Columbia University, whose president accused him of behaving like “a petty and cruel dictator.”

September 23, 2007

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As Ahmadinejad heads for NYC, protesters head for Columbia

NEW YORK Critics of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started protesting before the hardline leader even made his scheduled arrival in New York for a couple of planned speeches at a high-profile university and the United Nations that have aroused a storm of opposition.

September 22, 2007

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Fighting the Connerly Machine

Stating that the NAACP-LDF is the only organization fighting Ward Connerly is a huge misstatement.

September 19, 2007

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How India’s affirmative action law is joining Christians and Muslims

MEDIPALLY, India Every Sunday, women and children gather to pray in a tiny, white-washed church on the edge of this southern Indian village, sitting cross-legged on blue plastic sheets as they sing Christian hymns.

September 18, 2007