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- 1From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 18, Issue 17)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...
- 2From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 17, Issue 4)BERKELY, Calif. -- As lieutenant governor, Cruz Bustamante has watched in dismay as Hispanic and Black enrollment at the University of California has tumbled. As a member of the university system's board of regents,...
- 3From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 47, Issue 5)The University of California last week proposed extending offers of admission to students in the top 12.5 percent of every high-school graduating class in the state if the students successfully complete two years at a...
- 4From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 46, Issue 45)WE HEAR a lot about diversity these days. Colleges declare that they celebrate diversity and strive for a diverse student body. Companies hire diversity consultants and fall all over themselves in professing that...
- 5From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 16, Issue 23)SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A former San Jose State University professor who accused the school's African American studies department of denying her tenure because she is not Black has won more than $206,000 in an out-of-court...
- 6From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 15, Issue 26)WASHINGTON -- Conservative organizations that say top U.S. colleges are illegally using racial preferences in admissions are producing reports to support their claim and, in some cases, taking their case to the nation's...
- 7From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 56, Issue 40)Byline: Peter Schmidt The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a California public law school's nondiscrimination policy for student groups. But its ruling does not necessarily mean that other colleges' policies are...
- 8From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 54, Issue 12)Byline: ERIC HOOVER The University of Delaware spent years refining its residence-life education program. One week of public criticism unraveled it. Late last month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in...
- 9From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 53, Issue 35)Byline: PETER SCHMIDT Critics of affirmative action announced last week efforts to get bans on racial and ethnic preferences on the ballots in four states -- Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, and Oklahoma -- as part of a...
- 10From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 19, Issue 9)Just as the terrorist attacks on American soil have served as a clarion call to galvanize our nation's resolve to eradicate terrorism on a global basis, we need a similar clarion call in the eradication of educational...
- 11From:Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 24, Issue 3)In the 1990s, Florida and Texas stopped using affirmative action as an admissions factor for public universities. Instead, they opted for programs that grant top high school seniors guaranteed admission to its state...
- 12From:Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 24, Issue 2)PRINCETON, NJ. Twenty-four faculty members representing more than 20 historically Black colleges and universities gathered recently on the campus of Educational Testing Service to hear officials demystify test-making...
- 13From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 53, Issue 41)Byline: KARIN FISCHER Utah State University has settled a federal disability-rights lawsuit by agreeing to provide students who are deaf with adequate sign-language interpreters and other services. The lawsuit,...
- 14From:Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 22, Issue 22)The volume of the bickering on Capitol Hill kicked up considerably as Congress prepared to cut out of Washington for the holidays. Our legislators could not seem to agree on anything when it came to Iraq, bird flue or...
- 15From:The Review of Policy Research (Vol. 22, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis article explores the meaning of the Supreme Court's Michigan decisions and their implications for higher education in the judicial, political, and social-cultural context. It concludes that the complex and dynamic...
- 16From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 20, Issue 19)CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. When Alice Jackson Stuart sent a handwritten letter to the administrators who rejected her application to the University of Virginia in 1935, she became one of the earliest but least-known...
- 17From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 17, Issue 20)In a strongly worded appeal, lawyers for the federal government have urged an appeals court to overturn a decision against the University of Georgia's use of race in its admissions. Officials at the U.S. Department...
- 18From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 17, Issue 19)ANN 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...
- 19From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 15, Issue 24)The University of South Carolina may be neglecting minority recruitment and retention goals in its quest to become a member of the American Association of Universities. While USC meets many of the AAU's criteria,...
- 20From:Exceptional Children (Vol. 59, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT: College and university students with disabilities were surveyed to determine their levels of satisfaction with accessibility, special services, and accommodations at their schools. In addition, students were...