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UGA Passes Up Chance to Appeal Admissions Policy Decision

UGA Passes Up Chance to Appeal Admissions Policy DecisionSchool officials are still considering Supreme Court action.ATHENS, Ga.The University of Georgia has only one option left — the U.S. Supreme Court — if it will appeal a federal court ruling that declared its admissions policy unconstitutional because it considers race. Georgia let a Sept. 17 deadline […]

October 10, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Raises Admissions Standards With Little Fallout

Southern University Raises Admissions Standards With Little FalloutBut Baton Rouge Community College experiences 70 percent enrollment jump.By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, LaLast summer, when Southern University was poised to raise its admission standards as part of a federal desegregation settlement, school officials were bracing for a loss of 700 students — or about 8 percent of […]

October 10, 2001

Reparations and Affirmative Action: What You Owe Me

Reparations and Affirmative Action: What You Owe MeVeteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault was one of the first two African Americans to attend the University of Georgia in 1961. Hamilton Holmes and Hunter-Gault had their admission to college delayed for two years while the University of Georgia tried to deny them admittance to the college. When they […]

September 26, 2001

NAACP Asks University of Georgia Not to Appeal

NAACP Asks University of Georgia Not to Appeal Admissions Policy DecisionATHENS, Ga.The Georgia NAACP says it will ask the University of Georgia not to appeal a federal court ruling that said the school’s admissions policy is unconstitutional because it gives non-White students a statistical boost. Attorneys for the civil rights group said earlier this month […]

September 26, 2001

Law School Applications See Largest Increase Since 1991

Law School Applications See Largest Increase Since 1991NEWTON, Pa.U.S. law schools are experiencing the largest increase in applicants since 1991, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) announced earlier this month. Preliminary numbers show that approximately 78,724 persons have applied to at least one American Bar Association-approved law school for the fall 2001 class. The figure […]

September 26, 2001

Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions

Affirmative Action Issue in College Admissions Grows Murkier Michigan supporters plan national march, rally to increase visibilityDETROITThe issue of affirmative action in college admissions continues to make headlines as a recent ruling adds to the growing set of conflicting court decisions, and affirmative action supporters plan a national march.In a unanimous ruling, a Georgia federal […]

September 26, 2001

Appeals Court Throws Out Race-Conscious Admissions Policy At UGA

Appeals Court Throws Out Race-Conscious Admissions Policy At UGAATLANTA A federal appeals court late last month declared unconstitutional an admissions policy at the University of Georgia that gave minorities a numerical boost. The three-judge panel 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of three White women who were denied […]

September 12, 2001

Law School Urged to Increase Admissions Standards

Law School Urged to Increase Admissions StandardsAmerican Bar Association concerned with Texas Southern University law school’s bar exam failure rate. By Lydia LumHOUSTONBased on an accreditation review, the American Bar Association (ABA) has criticized Texas Southern University’s law school, saying its students are “short-changed.” Among other things, the ABA said TSU officials enroll students “incapable” […]

August 29, 2001

Community Colleges

UC’s New Admissions Policy Expected To Increase Minority Enrollment

UC’s New Admissions Policy Expected To Increase Minority EnrollmentSAN FRANCISCOCalifornia students who graduate in the top 12.5 percent of their high school class will be guaranteed admission to the University of California, though some may have to go to community college first. Six years after doing away with affirmative action, the university’s board of regents […]

August 15, 2001

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action Case

High Court Refuses to Hear Affirmative Action CaseUT president says university will continue to search for ways to serve all of the state’s populationAUSTIN, TexasUniversity of Texas officials say they are disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear their challenge to the Hopwood decision, but vowed to continue “vigorous efforts to enroll students […]

July 18, 2001

Nominee for Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights May Face Opposition from Affirmative Action Advocates

Nominee for Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights May Face Opposition from Affirmative Action Advocates President Bush’s new choice to head the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is an African American who has conservatives’ support but who may face opposition from groups that favor affirmative action.Bush in late June nominated Gerald Reynolds, […]

July 18, 2001

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Says Medical College Discriminates Against Whites

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Says Medical College Discriminates Against WhitesOKLAHOMA CITYA study released recently by an anti-affirmative action group says the University of Oklahoma discriminates against Whites in medical college admissions, but an OU official denies it. The study by the Center for Equal Opportunity concluded that OU and four other colleges based some of their […]

July 4, 2001

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