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The six-week black focus: spread it around – National Black History Month – Column

From the Jan. 15 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday to the end of Black History Month in February, Black folks are in vogue on campus. There are events to commemorate King’s birthday and forums, symposia and exhibits to highlight Black historical, cultural and social events. As one of the people who is frequently blessed by being asked to visit campuses to talk about economics, politics and current affairs, I am often both amazed and amused at what happens on some campuses in the name of King and African-American history.

June 15, 2007

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Washington update

22 Black Colleges Risk Losing Student Loan Eligibility Status.

June 15, 2007

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Feb. 22 looms for Cal State Initiative – University of California, Berkley, and the affirmative action program – includes related article

With less than a month left in the battle to place a controversial anti-affirmative action item in the California general election, a critical moment may have slipped past affirmative action supporters.

June 15, 2007

Sports

Presidential transitions – the appointment of the president of Smith College

Higher education rode a roller coaster in 1995, a year of actions that provoked rage and hope, sorrow and joy.

June 15, 2007

Students

An interview with Tim Reid – Interview

When veteran actor Tim Reid got sick and tired of being sick and tired of the negative images of African Americans he saw on the silver screen, he decided to go behind the camera and produce “positive feature films” for the African-American community.

June 15, 2007

Students

Flocking to film school – minorities and the film industry

New York — In recent years, many of the high School students clamoring for a coveted spot in New York University’s Future Filmmakers Workshop — designated for members of “traditionally underrepresented” groups — have challenged the boundaries of what that means.

June 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Minority Faculty Recruitment Program Under Fire

EUGENE, Ore. The University of Oregon is taking issue with an economics professor’s claim that a program developed to recruit more minority faculty members is illegal.

June 3, 2007

Sports

The Prevalence of Black Females In College Sports: It’s Just An Illusion

If you had a chance to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship in April, you probably noticed that 80 percent of the starters for Rutgers and Tennessee were non-White.

May 30, 2007

HBCUs

A Prescription For Success

The Medical University of South Carolina says mentoring program is key to retaining minority medical students.

May 16, 2007

Students

University panel says student parody “harassed” blacks

BOSTON A judicial panel at Tufts University on Thursday ruled that a conservative campus journal “harassed” blacks by publishing a Christmas carol parody called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” that many found racist.

May 13, 2007

Students

University of California Marks Decade of Race-blind Admissions

BERKELEY, Calif. A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997. That’s when he was the lone Black student enrolled in the incoming law school class at the University of California, Berkeley, following the end of affirmative action admissions.

May 6, 2007

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Affirmative Action Admits Tend To Be More Successful Than Legacy Admits, Says Study

Researchers at Princeton University have found that students who received legacy admissions are more likely to face academic challenges than Blacks who were admitted under affirmative action admissions programs.

April 25, 2007