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Policy Summit Tackles Changing U.S. Demographics

During a National Journal policy summit on demographics and the workforce of the future, it was pointed out that 65 percent of the population is White, compared to 70 percent in 2000 and 80 percent in 1980. Generation Y, aged 30 and under, is two-fifths non-White.

Panelists Jane West, Martin Gould, and Sally Scott

Higher Education Organizations Form Coalition to Seek DREAM Act Passage

The Hispanic Association of Colleges Universities (HACU) has taken the lead in uniting 25 national higher education organizations in an effort to help bring DREAM Act legislation to final votes before Congress’ August recess.

Immigration reform and DREAM Act rally in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

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South Carolina State President Ousted After Two Years at Helm

The board of South Carolina State University has fired the president of the historically Black college after just two years at the helm.

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Historically Black Medical Schools Rank High for Social Mission

Graduates of Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard University medical schools, three historically Black institutions, are the most likely to devote themselves to serving underserved communities, according to a national study published Tuesday.

Morehouse medical school president Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr.

Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students

In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students.

Leadership & Policy

S.C. State University to Get $80 Million Transportation Research Center

Amid questions about how some of the initial grant money was spent, South Carolina State University officials hope to begin construction soon on the first phase of a transportation research center announced 12 years ago.

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$1M Donated for Demolition at Paul Quinn College

A $1 million donation to demolish 13 abandoned buildings at Paul Quinn College in Dallas is meant to bolster the school’s efforts to survive.

Paul Quinn College gift

Why We Need Diverse Books

Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and […]

Faculty & Staff

Scholar Says Research Universities Not Serious About Faculty Diversity

To Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, director for diversity education and assessment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, there’s no delicate way of describing the lack of commitment she believes many top research universities demonstrate as they allegedly seek to diversify their faculties.

M. Cookie Newsom

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Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington

Drawing upon an extraordinary legal career and an affiliation with Howard University, the one-man play “Thurgood”, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, has opened in the nation’s capital where much of the heroic life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall unfolded.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan

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Taking Diversity to the Next Level

With expanded management and planning responsibilities, high-ranking chief diversity officers are heading their institutions’ comprehensive approach to inclusiveness.

Shirley J. Wilcher is the executive director of the American Association for Affirmative Action.

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Charges from Racially Charged Mass. Campus Fight To Be Dropped Against Black Man

For more than two years, supporters of former University of Massachusetts student Jason Vassell have urged prosecutors to drop charges against him that stemmed from a racially charged fight and sparked protests, demonstrations and accusations of bias.

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