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Perspectives: Affirmative Action May be Needed — for Men

Anti-affirmative action initiatives such as the referendum before Arizona voters on Tuesday may prove harmful to men if universities cannot rely on that tool to achieve gender diversity.

Shirley J. Wilcher

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Desegregation Offers Lessons for Gay Troops Debate

Though the military may now seem to lag behind America’s acceptance of gays in civilian life, the armed forces led the charge in ending racial segregation in the 1940s and ’50s.

Thomas J. Woods, 78

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APLU and Other Organizations Establish Partnership Between Afro-Columbian and Historically Black Land-grant Universities

The Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Asociación Columbiana de Universidades (ASCUN) and Phelps Stokes have established a collaborative partnership to promote educational and cultural exchange programs between Afro-Columbian serving universities and historically Black land-grant universities in the United States. The presidents of each organization signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday during a special ceremony at APLU headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Lorenzo Esters

Retention Program Engages Latino Families in Helping Children Finish Community College

South Texas College orientation program demystifies higher education for Latino parents of first-generation students to improve its retention rates.

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John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park Opens in Tulsa, Okla.

Officials on Wednesday dedicated the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, marking the city’s first significant acknowledgement of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. (Click here to watch Dr. John Hope Franklin’s televised interview on Tulsa and racial reconciliation.)

The late Dr. John Hope Franklin (center) was on hand for the fall 2008 groundbreaking of the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Bethune-Cookman Defends Dismissals of Professors Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Countering the claim that faculty members were denied due process prior to being fired, Bethune-Cookman University officials have defended the 2009 dismissals of four professors accused of sexual misconduct.

Frustrated professor

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Fisk Rejects New Proposal Over Art Collection

Fisk University on Monday rejected a proposal to keep its Stieglitz art collection on display at the school.

‘The Radiator Building—Night, New York’ by Georgia O’Keeffe is part of the Fisk University art collection.

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Ayers Funding To Drop Off in 2012

Mississippi’s three historically Black universities will begin receiving less money from the settlement of the decades-old desegregation lawsuit in 2012.

Mississippi Valley State University President Donna Oliver said the university is trying to increase diversity.

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Perspectives: Education Reform and the Access/Success Pendulum

As higher education renews its focus on college completion, we should be mindful about past failure to hold steadfast to access and success, UCLA professors urge.

Drs. Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield

Leadership & Policy

Virginia Tech To Honor School’s First Black Graduate

Virginia Tech will honor the university’s first Black graduate at an event Nov. 2.

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Miss. University Conference Focuses on Civil Rights History

A University of Southern Mississippi conference late last week highlighted the role of key activists and local foot soldiers who helped change the racial landscape of the South during the civil rights movement.

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New Plans, Including One From Alumna, Presented To Keep Art Collection Intact at Fisk

A splinter group of alumni of financially troubled Fisk University, publicly asserting its opposition to the school’s plan to raise badly needed money by selling half its ownership in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of photographs and art, has emerged with a $2.6 million plan it says will generate enough money annually to cover the costs of caring for and exhibiting the collection and give school officials time to find other ways to raise funds for the historic institution.

‘The Radiator Building—Night, New York’ by Georgia O’Keeffe is part of the Fisk University art collection.

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