Associated PressHomeSupreme Court Justice Scalia Says Race Has No Place In School AdmissionsWASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday defended some of his more controversial opinions, arguing that nothing in the U.S. Constitution supports abortion rights and the use of race in school admissions.October 16, 2006StudentsRacially-Insensitive Costume Party Causes Consternation at UT LawAUSTIN, Texas A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided by the dean for participating in a “Ghetto Fabulous”-themed costume party and posting the pictures online.October 16, 2006Leadership & PolicyKing Papers To Go On Public Display In AtlantaATLANTA The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 78th birthday in January will feature a gift to the city: the first public viewing of more than 10,000 of his documents, notes and other personal items.October 9, 2006Faculty & StaffMinority Students Turning to Online Schools for Advanced DegreesMINNEAPOLIS Colleges have long despaired over how best to attract more minority students into advanced degree programs. But it’s not a problem at a number of schools where students earn their degrees online, which are seeing unexpectedly high minority enrollment.October 8, 2006StudentsDistricts Start Indian Education For All ImplementationHELENA, Mont. Indian Education for All is a state law passed in 1999 that requires Montana schools to teach all students about the state’s American Indian tribes and reservations.October 8, 2006SportsNorth Dakota Officials Sue NCAA Over Fighting Sioux NicknameFARGO, N.D. State officials filed a lawsuit Friday against the NCAA to challenge its restrictions on the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname.October 7, 2006StudentsWisconsin Plan to Raise Tuition to Pay for Diversity Efforts CriticizedLA CROSSE, Wis. As a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Carmen Wilson likes the idea of sharply raising tuition to hire more professors and recruit more poor and minority students.October 5, 2006HomeGroup Claims Berkeley School District DiscriminatesBERKELEY, Calif. A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the Berkeley, Calif., Unified School District claims the district is violating Proposition 209, the state’s ban on racial preferences.October 5, 2006Faculty & StaffAudit Finds $2 Million Deficit at Cheyney UniversityAn annual audit of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities has found that Cheyney University finished…October 4, 2006StudentsBlack Enrollment Lags, Hispanic EnrollmentBlack enrollment grew by only 1.6 percent in Florida’s state universities since last year compared to an overall increase of 2.6 percent…October 4, 2006Previous PagePage 502 of 569Next Page
