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Research Roundup: Affirmative Action Opponents Not Necessarily Racist

New research suggests that opponents of affirmative action are usually concerned about their own group’s well-being, and not because they’re racist. Another study has found that immigration has led to the decline of interracial and inter-ethnic marriage in the United States.

February 14, 2007

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Black Immigrant Study Puts Spotlight Back on Affirmative Action Debate

One of the authors of a new study on the disproportionately high number of immigrants among Blacks attending U.S. colleges and universities says “there is no cause for alarm if diversity in higher education is what most matters. But for affirmative action values, it is problematic.”

February 1, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

HBCUs

HBCU Students More Civic Oriented, Says Survey

A new survey says 79 percent of students attending historically Black colleges and universities highly value civic concerns, and more than half (52.7 percent) say “becoming a community leader” is an “essential” or “very important” goal. By comparison, only 35.2 percent of all students held such a view.

January 20, 2007

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Affirmative Action May Suffer Setback, Says Former Brown Counsel

Jack Greenberg, the Alphonse Fletcher Professor of Law at Columbia University and the former co-counsel with Thurgood Marshall on the Brown v. Board of Education case, said Tuesday that reports of the oral arguments in the recent U.S. Supreme Court cases on school desegregation have made him pessimistic, but hopeful that the one or two justices who have the reputation of being inhospitable to integration will vote to uphold the plans.

January 16, 2007

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Perspectives: King Holiday Opportunity For Change

As we know, America will celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 15th. On that day, we will pause to reflect on the greatness of the man and to re-commit ourselves to his principles of fairness and justice. Many of us have found his philosophy to be quite simple. He wanted all of us to treat one another with great dignity and respect. Turning talk into action, however, causes us the trouble.

January 11, 2007

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University of Michigan To Comply With Affirmative Action Ban

DETROIT The University of Michigan said Wednesday that it is resuming the admission of students for fall 2007 and will comply with new voter-approved curbs on affirmative action.

January 10, 2007

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U.S. Judge Lets Michigan Universities Use Affirmative Action, For Now

A federal judge has given Michigan universities a six-month extension to continue race…

January 10, 2007

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Ed Department Takes Aim At ABA’s Diversity Requirement

The U.S. Department of Education’s general counsel says the diversity requirements the American Bar Association imposes on law schools is illegal and is asking the agency that grants the ABA accrediting authority to review the matter.

January 8, 2007

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Ed Department Takes Aim At ABA’s Diversity Requirement

The U.S. Department of Education’s general counsel says the diversity requirements the American Bar Association imposes on law schools is illegal and is asking the agency that grants the ABA accrediting authority to review the matter.

January 8, 2007

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University of Michigan Delays Admissions Decisions

LANSING, Mich. University of Michigan officials said Wednesday they will delay making new student admissions decisions until Jan. 10 as the school sorts out its options related to a state ban on some types of public affirmative action programs.

January 2, 2007