Associated PressHomeWard Connerly Weighs In As Wisconsin Considers “Holistic” AdmissionsMADISON, Wis. Wisconsin state colleges shouldn’t use an applicant’s race to help decide whether he or she gets into school, an affirmative action opponent told a packed committee hearing this week.December 20, 2006HomeGeorgia Colleges to Stop Giving Tuition Breaks to Undocumented StudentsATLANTA High-performing students who grew up in Georgia but are undocumented immigrants soon won’t qualify for discounted tuition at state colleges.December 18, 2006StudentsMinority Librarians Seek To Update Image of White ‘Bun Lady’MONTGOMERY, Ala. Librarians have long been portrayed as the little old White lady with her hair in a bun and glasses on a chain around her neck, “shushing” noisy people, but Deborah Lilton represents a more modern image.December 18, 2006StudentsTwo FAMU Kappa Fraternity Members Convicted of Felony HazingTALLAHASSEE Fla. Two Florida fraternity brothers were convicted of felony hazing Friday in a trial seen as a test of a new law restricting the practice, but jurors were unable to reach a verdict on three other defendants.December 16, 2006StudentsNYC College Will Yank Sign Honoring Bomb Maker, Black MilitantNEW YORK A New York City college has agreed to take down a sign naming a student center after a fugitive terrorist and a Black militant convicted of murdering a police trooper.December 12, 2006HomeMichigan Universities Seek Delay on Affirmative Action BanLANSING, Mich. Three universities asked a federal court in Detroit on Monday to delay a new state ban on public affirmative action programs until after this year’s admissions and financial aid cycles.December 11, 2006StudentsTufts Editor Apologizes For Satire Aimed At Affirmative ActionMEDFORD, Mass. –An editor at a Tufts University conservative journal has apologized for publishing a satirical Christmas carol that ridiculed Black students and campus affirmative action policies.December 11, 2006StudentsWSU President: Professor Who Used Racial Term to Face ReprimandPULLMAN Wash. A professor who used a vulgar racial term while arguing with a student about a political demonstration is likely to face a reprimand, but will be allowed to continue teaching, Washington State University President Lane Rawlins said.December 11, 2006HomeXavier University of Louisiana’s President To Receive Presidential Medal of FreedomWASHINGTON Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman C. Francis is among this year’s recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S civilian award, President George W. Bush has announced.December 10, 2006StudentsWisconsin Regents Consider Rewriting Admissions Policy To Include Race, IncomeMADISON, Wis. A proposed rewrite of the freshmen admissions policy for the University of Wisconsin System would de-emphasize class rank and give greater weight to nonacademic factors such as race and income.December 4, 2006Previous PagePage 498 of 569Next Page
