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UGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination Investigation
UGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination InvestigationATHENS, Ga.University of Georgia officials have temporarily suspended a sorority while they investigate claims that an African American student was denied membership because of her race. University officials say a member of Alpha Gamma Delta filed a complaint against the sorority, which led officials to conduct a preliminary investigation.“Discrimination is […]
September 27, 2000
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Florida, Michigan, California Colleges Have Yet to Agree to D.C. Tuition Plan
Florida, Michigan, California Colleges Have Yet to Agree to D.C. Tuition PlanThe District of Columbia’s new tuition assistance program, which gives the city’s high school graduates up to $10,000 a year to attend public colleges and universities across the country, is being criticized by a handful of schools who are refusing to participate. Calling some […]
September 27, 2000
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Thirteen-year-old Prodigy Headed to Jackson State
Thirteen-year-old Prodigy Headed to Jackson State JACKSON, Miss.  A 13-year-old prodigy from Jackson is the youngest person to be admitted to Jackson State University’s honors college. Shayon Ghosh from Jackson Preparatory School had a perfect score on the ACT college entrance exam. His father, Kunal Ghosh, is chairman of the university’s department of physics, atmospheric […]
September 13, 2000
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California Agrees to Grow Need-Based Student-Aid Program
California Agrees to Grow Need-Based Student-Aid ProgramSACRAMENTO, Calif.California Gov. Gray Davis and state legislators have agreed to nearly double the size of the state’s need-based student-aid program, increasing spending on it to nearly $1.2 billion a year. The agreement came after lawmakers decided to support the governor’s proposal to put an additional $118 million toward […]
September 13, 2000
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Disseminating the Truth About Affirmative Action
Disseminating the Truth About Affirmative ActionA recent preliminary study conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln showed disturbing trends in the perceptions of prospective graduate students toward affirmative action and minority students. This investigation entailed in-depth interviews with self-identified Caucasian female undergraduates applying to graduate programs  in psychology and psychology-related fields. Respondents attributed a variety of […]
September 13, 2000
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Excerpts from Dr. Arthur E. Levine’s Diversity on Campus
Excerpts from Dr. Arthur E. Levine’s Diversity on CampusThe Meaning of DiversityThe academy does not agree on what diversity means or how it should be achieved. To be more precise, over the past four decades, the term has taken on a number of different, competing, even conflicting meanings, often on the same campuses. Several years […]
August 30, 2000
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The Art of Diversity
The Art of Diversity Dr. Arthur E. Levine is in a pretty enviable position. As president of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he sits at the helm of a Harlem, N.Y.-based institution steeped in its legacy of inclusion. Back in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Southern states burdened with the shackles of segregation readily paid for […]
August 30, 2000
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GEAR UP Facing Criticism
GEAR UP Facing CriticismCongressional sponsors of the 2-year-old Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs have beaten back attempts to terminate the initiative, but prospects for future funding growth may be dimming.House and Senate negotiators in late July rejected White House recommendations to increase funding for the program from $200 million to $325 million. […]
August 30, 2000
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Campus Cops Try To Fill Role As Cyber Superheroes
Campus Cops Try To Fill Role As Cyber SuperheroesMinority students here at the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry received a series of threatening e-mail messages last March warning them to “be afraid, not only for their future careers but for their lives.“If firearms need to be used. Then they will,” said the message, which […]
August 16, 2000
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James Farmer Rests in Peace, But Mary Washington College Still Wrestles with Multicultural Issues
James Farmer Rests in Peace, But Mary Washington College Still Wrestles with Multicultural IssuesA plan at Mary Washington College to relocate the school’s James Farmer Multicultural Center and divert resources to “cultural” programming has provoked angry protests from faculty and others.Faculty at the liberal arts college say the changes belie the administration’s stated commitment to […]
August 16, 2000
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Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting Diversity
Federal Judge Rules That Georgia has No Compelling Interest in Promoting DiversityA federal district judge ruled late last month that three White female applicants denied admission to the University of Georgia in 1999 should be offered admission to the institution this fall, effectively ending the university’s policy of giving special consideration to minority applicants.In his […]
August 16, 2000
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Oregon Student Files Reverse-Discrimination Case Against Community College
Oregon Student Files Reverse-Discrimination Case Against Community CollegeA Portland Community College student here has filed a reverse-discrimination complaint alleging she is being denied free tuition because she is White. Adrienne Williams, 29, claims a teacher development program violates the college’s nondiscrimination policies because it is open only to minorities. She sent her complaint to the […]
August 16, 2000
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Journalism Professor Sues Florida A&M In Tenure Dispute
Journalism Professor Sues Florida A&M In Tenure DisputeTALLAHASSEE, Fla. A White female journalism professor at Florida A&M University has sued the school in a tenure dispute, claiming “Black men are favored” in promotion to top faculty jobs. Gloria Horning’s civil rights suit alleges she was hired on a tenure track in 1993 and was not […]
August 16, 2000
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Where There is None
Where There is Nonettracting minority students into engineering programs is a challenge. A rural Midwestern school such as the University of Missouri-Rolla has double the difficulty, because it is a challenge to attract minority students, period.  At least, that was the issue 10 years ago, when it occurred to university officials that there might be […]
August 16, 2000
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Natural Allies
Natural AlliesBlack colleges and two-year schools try to come together to create a network of seamless education for minority students Several years ago, officials at San Francisco City College here began the African American Achievement Program, aimed at encouraging more of the school’s Black students to transfer to four-year schools.It started out pretty small. But […]
August 16, 2000
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Roaring up from Behind
Roaring up from BehindWhile a report from the Southern Regional Education Board acknowledges falling short of remedial education goals, one college offers an example of developmental successLARGO, Md. — They don’t like calling the students “at risk.” “Underprepared” is a more accurate phrase. They also don’t like to use the term “remedial education.” “Educational development” […]
August 2, 2000
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Ambitious Outreach
Ambitious OutreachLONG BEACH, Calif. — A veteran university administrator, Dr. Charles B. Reed has seen his fair share of controversy during a career that includes 13 years as chancellor of the Florida State University system. Since joining the California State University system as chancellor in 1997, Reed already has faced numerous faculty protests over labor, […]
August 2, 2000
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Remediation Reform
Remediation ReformOnly time will tell whether California’s remediation policy will continue to turn out success stories or if disadvantaged students who can’t catch up in time will mark the system’s biggest failure. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brandon Kountz is feeling the pressure. Having completed his first year of classes at California State University-Sacramento, the Richmond, Calif., […]
August 2, 2000
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