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Auburn University Steps up Minority Programs

Auburn University Steps up Minority ProgramsAUBURN, Ala.Auburn University will expand its minority studies and continue racial tolerance and diversity training next year for its faculty, staff and students in the face of the Nov. 5 fraternity blackface party that reaped scorn (see Black Issues, Dec. 6). Auburn interim president William F. Walker announced a stepped-up […]

January 2, 2002

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Corporations Lend Support to U-Michigan’s Diversity Efforts

Corporations Lend Support to U-Michigan’s Diversity EffortsBy Hilary HurdANN ARBOR, Mich.Twenty of America’s largest and best-known corporations filed a legal brief here last month strongly supporting the University of Michigan in the lawsuit challenging its admissions policies. The brief argues that diversity in higher education plays a critical role in preparing students to be leaders […]

November 8, 2000

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Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot Program

Challenge for University of Colorado: Signing up Minorities for Diversity Housing Pilot ProgramBOULDER, Colo. The University of Colorado has launched a plan to create a more diverse campus by blending students of different backgrounds where they live and study. More than 40 students signed up for the pilot program, which began last month at Hallett […]

September 27, 2000

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UNC-Charlotte Opens Multicultural Resource Center

UNC-Charlotte Opens Multicultural Resource Center CHARLOTTE, N.C.A new multicultural center is open on the University of North Carolina-Charlotte campus. The UNCC Multicultural Resource Center, inside the university’s Cone Center, is designed to provide social, cultural and educational activities and resources to the campus community and the general public. The 670-square-foot center includes a resource library, […]

September 27, 2000

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The Art of Diversity

The Art of Diversity Dr. Arthur E. Levine is in a pretty enviable position. As president of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he sits at the helm of a Harlem, N.Y.-based institution steeped in its legacy of inclusion. Back in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Southern states burdened with the shackles of segregation readily paid for […]

August 30, 2000

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Rap Session on Race

Rap Session on RaceAs Clinton calls for a second round of campus dialogue on race, some wonder how successful the first was; others praise efforts as a useful starting pointWASHINGTON — President Clinton created the President’s Initiative on Race to “help build One America in the 21st Century — a nation of people who respect […]

September 15, 1999