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Hopwood and Ayers v. Fordice: the beginning of the end? – legal implications of court rulings on desegregation in higher education

Over the years, courts have attempted to leave education to the educators. But with courts now taking the Hopwood approach, colleges could find themselves tangled in a legal web.

July 7, 2007

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Clearly understanding the affirmative action debate

Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values by Christopher Edley Jr. Farra, Straus and Giroux, 1996 New York 294 pages Hardback: $25.00

July 7, 2007

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Texas educators seek clarification on Hopwood decision

Austin, Texas As African American admissions at Texas’s elite public universities go into a free-fall because of the Hopwood ruling, a free-for-all has ensued over the interpretation of the court decision that ended affirmative action in higher education in the state.

July 7, 2007

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Leslie V. Forte: the woman behind the name on the scholarship – Obituary

Her life was a struggle. She grew up poor in the gritty projects of Los Angeles. She left California a well-educated woman with an associate’s degree from a community college, a master’s degree from Stanford University and an effervescent love for teaching.

July 7, 2007

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Private scholarships for minorities challenged

Annandale, Va. The latest assault on the higher education establishment’s affirmative action programs is over an obscure, $500 private scholarship for minority students at a community college in Northern Virginia.

July 7, 2007

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Harvard scholars convene civil rights think tank – Cover Story

Cambridge, Mass. Recent court rulings against affirmative action have left some college admissions and financial aid officers asking, “If we can’t consider race as part of the admissions process, then how can we make sure Blacks, Latinos and other underrepresented ethnic groups are not shut out of higher education?”

July 7, 2007

STEM

Office for Civil Rights puts Texas on notice – investigation to determine Texas’ compliance with a Civil Rights provision

While Texas state officials scramble to adopt race-neutral admissions and financial aid policies in the state’s public higher education system? the U.S. Department of Education has opened an inquiry to determine whether the state is complying with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

July 6, 2007

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A Course For Affirmative Action Professionals

The attacks on affirmative action over the last decade have not stopped a prestigious New York Ivy League institution from offering a popular educational program geared towards professionals already working in the affirmative action arena.

July 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

News wrap up: Clinton speaks to American Council on Education

WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton thanked the American Council on Education (ACE) during the organization’s annual meeting late last month. The occasion marked the third time Clinton has addressed ACE, the premier voice of higher education, since he took office in 1992.

July 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

From the ivory tower to the White House … and back again – African American public servants who came from, and came back, to the academe – Cover Story

Shortly after resigning as associate director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in February 1995, Christopher Edley Jr. prepared to resume teaching duties at Harvard Law School, where he had been tenured since 1986. But before he could leave the government, Edley was approached by White House officials who wanted him to chair a high-profile, interagency working group on affirmative action.

July 4, 2007

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Sidetracked by pundocracy: speaking of education – Ebonics controversy of bilingualism in Oakland, California

To let the commentators tell it, educators in the city of Oakland have gone mad. They are teaching Black English as a second language and are seeking federal funds to do so, and depending on which “Black leader” you quote, this is a “bad joke” or a “cruel hoax” on the African American community. Coming a few days before Christmas, and a few weeks after affirmative action stumbled with the passage of Proposition 209, all one could say was, “Bah, humbug.”

July 4, 2007

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A military strategy for combatting institutional racism

Charles C. Moskos and John Sibley Butler’s pioneering study of Black leadership development and racial integration in the United States Army provides the reader with a glimpse into an institution that, while not utopian, has achieved remarkable success in race relations. That success was achieved because the U.S. Army developed policies which supported a philosophy that believed an absolute commitment to nondiscrimination and uncompromising standards of performance are absolutely necessary for achieving its goals. Indeed, the Army was able to relate nondiscrimination to goal attainment, which may be the key to solving many of the racial problems in contemporary American society.

July 4, 2007