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Tag: Affirmative Action: Page 40

Faculty & Staff
A morale dilemma – black professors on white campuses – includes related article on mentorship programs for black faculty – Cover Story
Strained relations with white colleagues. Constantly having one’s credentials questioned. An unwieldy workload. Job insecurity. Lack of respect from white students. Cultural, social and professional alienation.
June 22, 2007
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The affirmative action debate & collegiality – in academia
When California voters go to the polls on November 5, they will vote on Proposition 209 — the so-called California Civil Rights Initiative — the ballot measure that would essentially outlaw affirmative action in the state of California.
June 22, 2007
Students
Community college becomes battleground for complaint about privately funded scholarship – Northern Virginia Community College
A white male student at Northern Virginia Community College is charging that a minority scholarship program at the school violates his constitutional rights, pointing to a federal court ruling that banned a university from awarding publicly-funded scholarships exclusively to African Americans.
June 22, 2007
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The politics of education – future of American schooling
One of the key differences between Democrats and Republicans was illustrated during August’s conventions. While there were about 300 members of the National Education Association registered as delegates at the Democratic convention, Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole used his convention acceptance speech as an occasion to attack teachers and teacher unions, And while Democrats talked about the importance of education, Republicans used their convention as an opportunity to talk about home schooling.
June 22, 2007
Health
Affirmative action is indispensable if we want doctors for the 21st century – importance of minority representation in medicine
Affirmative action is an umbrella that covers many activities — from aggressive recruiting to filling quotas, from the awarding of contracts to higher education admissions. This means that opponents can call up unpopular images of the most aggressive examples of affirmative action (such as hiring set-asides) to attack the entire idea of affirmative action.
June 20, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The dirty little secret of college admissions – irregularities in the admission procedure at the University of California
In the aftermath of an expose by the Los Angeles Times that some students were admitted to the University of California at the request of prominent people, a report by the university was recently released.
June 20, 2007
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Life after Hopwood – University of Texas stops using standardized tests for admissions – Cover Story
El Paso, TX — Hopwood — the case that has thrown affirmative action programs into a tailspin — may be a “blessing in disguise,” according to University of Texas at El Paso president Diana Natalicio.
June 20, 2007
Students
Wanted: more black graduate students
In the middle of my doctoral studies, I encountered an elderly relative who expressed some chagrin that I was “still in school.” She noted that she had sent me a few dollars when I earned my undergraduate degree and wondered whether her investment was wasted.
June 19, 2007
Students
Texas twister – Graduate Opportunities Program
In 1978, Sarita Brown told the dean of graduate studies at the University of Texas-Austin that the reason the university had so few minority graduate students was the fault of the university, not the lack of eligible candidates. A well-run program, she said, could bring in many more Black and Hispanic graduate students.
June 19, 2007
Students
Digging deeper for tuition
As if the assault on affirmative action hasn’t produced enough ominous clouds over higher education, the outlook for graduate and professional schools is becoming stormier than ever.
June 19, 2007
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New affirmative action guidelines proposed – Justice Department Seeks Public Comment
The U.S. Justice Department has issued an unusual call for public comment on proposed new affirmative action guidelines.
June 18, 2007
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Ironies & origins: affirmative action’s history key to informed debate
Many books have been written about affirmative action since it emerged on the scene some 30 years ago.
June 18, 2007
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