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GOP politician sent email asking how to stop naming of UC Irvine law school dean

IRVINE Calif. A conservative Los Angeles County politician asked about two dozen people in an e-mail last month how to prevent the University of California, Irvine from hiring renowned liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as its founding law school dean, a spokesman for the politician said Friday.

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UND surpasses goal for research money

GRAND FORKS N.D. University of North Dakota researchers received more than $100 million in grants, contracts and other funding in fiscal 2007, surpassing the school’s goal.

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Sparks Fly at HBCU Week Session on Wage Disparities Study

Washington Hundreds of top administrators and faculty gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the HBCU Week Conference, which concluded Tuesday. Attendees were exposed to a wide array of programming focused on a “fulfilling the covenant” theme, inspired by Tavis Smiley’s best-selling book, The Covenant With Black America.

Controversy Erupts at N.Y. College Over Tenure for Palestinian Professor

Another controversy involving Mideast politics has erupted on the Columbia University campus, and this time it is over whether to grant tenure to an anthropology professor of Palestinian descent.

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Combating the Model Minority Stereotype

The University of California has established a multi-campus research program to study and develop solutions for problems affecting Asian Americans.

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Ward Churchill: By Firing Him, CU Regents ‘Gutted Academic Freedom’

Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill may have lost his job, but he hasn’t lost his nerve.

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Living With a Majority-Minority Mindset

While race relations have improved over the years, a lack of understanding regarding inequalities still exists.

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Combating the Model Minority Stereotype

LOS ANGELES For more than a decade, a group of educational leaders within the University of California system have been working towards a common goal: the development of a statewide think tank that would address the issues of the growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population.

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In Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky Institutions

The labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.

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U.S. Housing Secretary, Former Regent Says He Lost Confidence in Texas Southern

HOUSTON The U.S. housing secretary and former regent testified Friday that he lost confidence in Texas Southern University’s ex-president after details about a spending scandal became public.

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Students Could Not Reverse Tenure Denial of Popular Black Professor at Washington University

In the effort to win tenure for Washington University professor Dr. Leslie Brown, some unlikely alliances were forged. A diverse coalition of several hundred students petitioned the administration urging them to reconsider Brown’s tenure, arguing that the popular professor of African-American studies was a valued asset to the university — particularly a university with a miniscule number of tenured Black professors.

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The Secrets Behind Their Success

Attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk.

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