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Dig Gives Anthropologists, Students a Look Into 1870s Nicodemus

NICODEMUS Kan. Bit by bit sometimes literally a 16-day dig gave amateur anthropologists a look into the 1870s and life in the first post-Civil War settlement founded by and for blacks

July 15, 2007

HBCUs

The Shape Of 1998

“You’ve got to know the shape of the river perfectly. It is all there is left to steer by on a very dark night.” So begins Derek Bok and Dr. William Bowen’s new book, The Shape of the River, one of the first books to demonstrate the power of race-sensitive admissions practices. The former presidents of Harvard and Princeton universities evoke the image of Mississippi riverboat pilots winding through fogs, slow eddies, and hidden bluffs.

July 15, 2007

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A Dream Deferred – Review

Dream Deferred by Shelby Steele, Harper Collins, $19.95, 185 pages.

July 14, 2007

Students

In Education We Trust – The Education Trust

Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, has released a new report full of data that she hopes will support efforts to improve the quality of public education.

July 14, 2007

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The Shape of the River: Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions – Review

The Shape of the River’ Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by Derek Bok and Dr. William G. Bowen, Princeton University Press, $22.75, 384 pages.

July 14, 2007

African-American

UTC Surpasses Undergraduate Desegregation Target

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The Univer-sity of Tennessee-Chattanooga is the only school in the UT system to meet its court-ordered desegregation goal this fall, university administrators say.

July 14, 2007

STEM

Ruling Ends Affirmative Action at Boston High School

BOSTON A three-judge panel here struck down the affirmative action policies of Boston Latin School, the city’s most prestigious public high school, according to a story in The New York Times. It is the first such appeals court decision in the nation directed at the K-12 system of education.

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

New Congressional Black Caucus Leader Pledges Support for Education

Education, affirmative action, and an enhanced role for African American lawmakers are all on the agenda of Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), elected last month as the new leader of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for 1999.

July 14, 2007

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Taking the Initiative

In the wake of Washington State’s passage of Initiative 200, pro-affirmative action scholars call for a new combat strategy

July 14, 2007

STEM

Next Stop for Anti-Affirmative Action Group, Massachusetts

BOSTON The Washington, D.C.-based Center for Equal Opportunity has asked Massachusetts’s public colleges and universities to supply detailed information about their admission policies. The center was instrumental in advancing Proposition 209 in California, and Initiative 200 in Washington. It also represented the plaintiffs in the Hopwood case in Texas. Headed by Linda Chavez, the director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under President Reagan, the center is a vocal affirmative-action critic. It has studied seven university systems since 1996 — including state schools in California, Washington, Colorado, North Carolina, and Michigan, as well as the U.S. service academies at West Point and Annapolis. In virtually all of the cases, the center claimed that the institutions — particularly the flagship campuses — gave admissions preference to minority applicants.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The tough sell – James Hill, University of Texas – Cover Story

With the appointment of its first African American vice president, the University of Texas tries to overcome its legacy of minority exclusion

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

ACE report urges nontraditional admissions criteria – American Council on Education

WASHINGTON When it comes to admissions practices, the status quo has got to go. That was the core message of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) latest status report highlighting progress in the growth of minority students and faculty on American campuses.

July 14, 2007