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Supreme Court Preparing to Tackle Fisher Case, Campus Diversity Again

The case questions the constitutionality of holistic admissions practices, which consider race, among other factors, in order to create a diverse and racially representative student body.

December 3, 2015

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In Case You Missed It…

Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978 Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income Out of Graduation Rate Equation Admissions Pro Advises Opting to Write Essay Prison Ed Program Based on Second Chances

August 6, 2015

Community Colleges

Dearth of Blacks Males in Med Schools Has Experts Scrambling for Solutions

Health care educators and presidents of some of the nation’s historically Black medical colleges spent the week strategizing over how best to increase the applicant pool as well as boost admittance

August 5, 2015

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Admissions Pro Advises Opting to Write Essay

Even though some colleges may not require an essay under the new version of the Common Application, students should consider writing an essay anyway in order to distinguish themselves.

August 5, 2015

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American Bar Association OKs Rutger’s Plan to Merge Law Schools

The American Bar Association has approved Rutgers University’s plan to merge its two law schools into one entity with two campuses.

August 3, 2015

HBCUs

Politicians, Athletes Promoted Underqualified Students to University of Texas

State lawmakers, university regents and even current and former athletes wrote letters to top campus officials, helping underqualified students win University of Texas admission.

July 20, 2015

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Supreme Court to Rehear Affirmative Action Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to rehear a landmark case that could mean the end of affirmative action in college admissions decisions.

June 29, 2015

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SUSAN L. KRINSKY

SUSAN L. KRINSKY has been appointed chair of the Law School Admission Council. She is associate dean for student affairs at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Krinsky earned a bachelor’s from Kirkland College (now Hamilton), a master’s from Tulane University and a juris doctor from Yale University.

June 29, 2015

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University of Maine at Machias

University of Maine at Machias SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Machias, Maine Dr. Melvin Adams III Founded in 1909 Dean of Students and Admissions www.machias.edu/ Founded in 1909, the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) is a member college of the University of Maine System, specializing in a curriculum that interprets the traditional liberal arts education […]

June 18, 2015

African-American

Dolezal Was Asked if She Tried to Mislead Howard University

Rachel Dolezal, who has posed for years as a Black woman, faced tough questions about her racial identity long before her career as a civil rights advocate was derailed by this week’s revelations that she grew up “Caucasian.”

June 17, 2015

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Barnard Votes to Admit Transgender Women

NEW YORK ― Barnard College has decided to admit transgender women, becoming the latest women’s college to issue a new policy acknowledging the fluidity and complexity of gender.

June 4, 2015

Disabilties

Judge Sides with Texas Southern in Discrimination Suit

An African-American applicant who was repeatedly rejected by the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University has lost his race, gender and disability discrimination case.

May 28, 2015