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Faculty & Staff

Washington State University President Reacts to Assault on Professor

Washington State University President Elson Floyd has donated $10,000 to the reward fund to help catch whoever assaulted a faculty member near campus.

April 10, 2013

Home

High Court Takes On a New Affirmative Action Case

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear a new case from Michigan on the politically charged issue of affirmative action offers an intriguing hint that the justices will not use a separate challenge already pending from Texas for a broad ruling bringing an end to the consideration of race in college admissions.

March 25, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Admissions and ‘Admission’

It seems wholly appropriate that most colleges send out their judgment notices around Holy Week when borderline applicants might resort to prayer, or give new meaning to the notion of being “passed over.”

March 24, 2013

Students

Will New Report Move Colleges Toward a Color-Blind Sense of Diversity?

Anti-affirmative action advocates (from both the left and right), have long said it was really all about class — not race — in the quest for equal opportunity in student admission.

March 18, 2013

International

Hypocrisy, Social Capital, and the Shadow Process

The admissions cycle is in full swing. Applicants are waiting with bated breath as committees pore over files and dole out hope and despair in the form of decision letters.

February 28, 2013

STEM

Affirmative Action Bans Impact Minority Enrollment in Postgraduate STEM Fields

While economic interests rely on increased enrollment in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, the thrust toward minorities pursuing technical degrees—particularly postgraduate degrees—has become an even larger priority.

January 30, 2013

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Group Finds Texas Admissions Policy Does Not Lead to Increased Diversity

The Texas law that guarantees admission into a public university for students who graduate in the top ten percent of their high school class “lives up to some of the expectations of its proponents,” but there is little evidence that the law leads to notable increases in diversity.

January 22, 2013

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Law School Seeks Out Minorities and Working Class

Darius Greene, a diversity recruitment admissions officer at the Massachusetts School of Law, has made it a point to recruit underrepresented students to the institution.

January 21, 2013

Students

University of New Orleans Tries Marketing Blitz to Stem Student Losses

The University of New Orleans is putting its name everywhere from social media outlets to highway billboards and trailers at local movie theaters.

January 14, 2013

Sports

Iraqis Latest Recruited International Students to Attend University of Cincinnati

Students from Iraq are the latest products of overseas recruiting by the University of Cincinnati, which is building enrollment and revenues with international students.

January 14, 2013

Students

One in Four Freshmen Now Starts in January, Not August

Older-than-traditional-age students, military veterans, tuition issues and late decisions to attend college contributing factors for starting in second semester.

January 14, 2013

Sports

U. Iowa Adds Optional LGBT Question to Application

The University of Iowa has become the nation’s first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application, a move hailed Wednesday by advocates hoping to improve the college experience for gays and lesbians.

December 12, 2012