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Leadership & Policy

As Admissions Standards Rise, Southern University Prepares for Falling Enrollment

As Admissions Standards Rise, Southern University Prepares for Falling Enrollment Desegregation settlement mandates selective admissions for some of Louisiana’s public collegesBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Officials at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus are bracing for a 27 percent drop in freshman enrollment this fall when the historically Black school raises admissions standards.Southern University Chancellor Edward R. […]

March 28, 2001

Online Service to Target College-Bound High Schoolers

Online Service to Target College-Bound High SchoolersLee’s Summit, Mo.The National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA) in coordination with the Dallas, Texas-based e2 Communications company has launched an online service that will allow a student to get targeted recruitment e-mail from colleges and universities based on that student’s interests and profile. NRCCUA, a […]

February 28, 2001

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During Conference

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During ConferenceBy Ronald RoachNew YorkAlthough members of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) consider the elimination of open admissions at the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York system a victory in view of the group’s conservative mission, speakers and panelists at […]

January 31, 2001

UT Asks for New Hearing in Race-Conscious Admissions Case

UT Asks for New Hearing in Race-Conscious Admissions CaseAUSTIN The University of Texas is asking a federal court to speed up the appeal of a lowercourt ruling that bars raced-conscious admissions at public universities. University lawyers said last month that they are asking the full 14-member 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans […]

January 31, 2001

Michigan Law School Prepares for Historic Affirmative Action Trial

Michigan Law School Prepares for Historic Affirmative Action Trial By Erik LordsDetroit When an affirmative action lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s law school goes to trial here this month, it will be thick with historical significance.Lawyers for a group of intervening minority students in the case will present an unprecedented legal argument, and they […]

January 17, 2001

UC Revives Discussion of Dropping SAT

UC Revives Discussion of Dropping SATBerkley, Calif. University of California officials played down a report that they have developed preliminary proposals for major changes in admissions, including eliminating the SAT requirement. A story published recently in The San Francisco Chronicle said a draft report, which came out of a recent one-day conference on admissions, recommends […]

January 17, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity Initiative

Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity InitiativeNewton, Pa.T he Law School Admission Council has created a $10 million, 5-year effort to encourage law schools to rethink their admission policies and adopt strategies that will achieve greater diversity in the legal profession.Called the “Initiative to Advance Education on the LSAT,” the effort comes in […]

January 17, 2001

Federal Court Upholds U-Michigan’s Use of Race in Admissions

Federal Court Upholds U-Michigan’s Use of Race in AdmissionsBy Erik LordsDETROITSupporters of affirmative action across the nation are feeling upbeat after a judge’s ruling in federal court here upheld the University of Michigan’s use of race in admissions last month.The decision — which came just one week after an affirmative action victory in Washington State […]

January 3, 2001

UC System Has No Leeway to Consider Race in Admissions, Despite Recent Court Ruling

UC System Has No Leeway to Consider Race in Admissions, Despite Recent Court RulingBy Pamela BurdmanSAN FRANCISCOEven though two federal courts have cleared the way for admissions offices in other states to consider racial diversity, a recent decision by California’s Supreme Court suggests that the nation’s first university to voluntarily ban affirmative action has not […]

January 3, 2001

UW Regent Says Admission Policy Should Be Colorblind

UW Regent Says Admission Policy Should Be ColorblindMADISON, Wis. University of Wisconsin Regent Fred Mohs has begun a campaign to remove race as a consideration for admission into the university system, although many of his colleagues say they are opposed to the suggestion. State Superintendent John Benson, who is also a regent, says he believed […]

January 3, 2001

High Court Action Possible in Affirmative Action Case

High Court Action Possible in Affirmative Action CaseAlready facing criticism for its role in the Florida presidential recount, the U.S. Supreme Court soon may venture into another hot-button issue: affirmative action in college admissions.An appeal to the high court is the possible next step in a Washington state case that pits affirmative action advocates against […]

January 3, 2001

Bok and Bowen Receive Education Award for The Shape of the River

Bok and Bowen Receive Education Award for The Shape of the RiverLouisville, Ky.Educators Derek Bok and Dr. William G. Bowen will receive the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in Education for their book on race-sensitive admissions policies, the University of Louisville announced last month.In The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and […]

December 20, 2000

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