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University of Delaware Halts Controversial Diversity Program

DOVER, Del. Amid growing public scrutiny, the University of Delaware last week halted a controversial residence hall program that critics say tried to force students to accept university-approved ideologies on moral and social issues.

November 4, 2007

University of Delaware Accused of Indoctrinating Students

DOVER Del. The University of Delaware has come under fire by a civil rights group that claims the school is trying to force dormitory residents to adopt university-approved ideologies on moral and social issues.

October 30, 2007

Perspectives: Hanging Nooses, Hate Pose a National Health Risk

Addressing, preventing and eradicating hate is not just a “Black issue,” it is a human rights issue, says this group of psychology faculty from Pepperdine University. If we, as a nation, fail to address it, we are at risk for regression, for descending into a previous state of unhealthy functioning. Choice and free will are important concepts in mental health. What is our will as a nation? Do we choose to ignore these signs of impending illness and let the sickness of racism ravage the soul of our nation?

October 30, 2007

Follow-up Planned to 1968 Race Relations Report

CAMBRIDGE, Md. Four decades ago, a federal advisory panel released a prominent report on the causes of race riots in seven U.S. cities. Now, researchers are planning a follow-up.

October 24, 2007

New Guide to Find Most Gay-friendly Campuses

Colleges and universities are increasingly finding ways to provide safe and welcoming environments to students of all sexual orientations.

October 9, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Gay College President Has Few Peers

When Ralph Hexter assumed the presidency of Hampshire College in western Massachusetts in 2005, his partner of 25 years, Manfred Kollmeir, was officially welcomed with all the trappings of a presidential spouse. Over Labor Day weekend, the couple made it official, exchanging vows in a private ceremony (Massachusetts is the only state allowing gay marriage) and breaking the news last week to the campus community.

September 24, 2007

Yale loses court case over military recruiters

NEW HAVEN Conn. Yale Law School prepared Wednesday to end its policy of not working with military recruiters after a court ruling this week jeopardized about $300 million in federal funding.

September 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hampshire College president marries gay partner of 27 years

AMHERST Mass. The president of a small liberal arts college in western Massachusetts and his male partner of 27 years have married.

September 18, 2007

Gay Studies Programs Thriving on U.S. College Campuses

SAN FRANCISCO Before he transferred to San Francisco State University from its sister school in rural central California, Emo Loredo knew only a few other openly gay students.

September 2, 2007

Challenging Issues for Academia

Disparities in achievement and educating for a diverse culture are the focus of new books by leading scholars in education.

August 22, 2007

Clinton tackles ‘black enough’ question at Vegas conference

LAS VEGAS Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton focused on her experience and years of public service Thursday when asked the question: “Are you black enough?”

August 12, 2007

Newsroom power shortage – minorities in journalism

Are students of color getting the inside scoop on what it takes to become news editors and producers?

July 13, 2007

The persistent madness of Greek hazing: psychologists provide insight on why hazing persists among Black Greeks – fraternities; includes related articles – Cover Story

Mary Polk of Maryland didn’t learn that her son Marcus had been hospitalized until he called his brother when he came out of the operating room on April 8.

July 12, 2007

Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! – book reviews

I’m warning you, once you open this compact collection of six razor-sharp essays, you’re going to have to stand back! Black, White, Yellow, Brown, Red, male, female, straight, gay, college-educated, streetwise, conservative, liberal, whatever – it doesn’t matter. From the initial essay detailing Robin D. G. Kelley’s take on how traditional social scientists construct the ghetto, “Looking for the ‘Real’ Nigga,” to the final take, “Looking B[l]ackward: 2097-1997,” readers of Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! are literally compelled by the strength of Kelley’s arguments to identify and/or re-think their positions in the contemporary “culture wars” fray.

July 11, 2007

Iowa Gov. Tries Again To Get Gay Man on Civil Rights Commission

DES MOINES Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is trying again to get a gay man approved to the Iowa State Civil Rights Commission.

July 10, 2007

Boston Man Sues Over Gay Marriage Question on Bar Exam

BOSTON A man who failed the Massachusetts bar exam because he refused to answer a question about gay marriage has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the test violated his rights and that his religious beliefs were targeted.

July 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania’s proposed state university faculty pact has bonus, raises

HARRISBURG Pa. Professors at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities would each receive an immediate $1,750 cash bonus and annual salary increases totaling 10 percent under a four-year contract agreement released Tuesday.

July 2, 2007

Organization may seek injunction against UK domestic partner plan

FRANKFORT Ky. A conservative public policy organization is asking Attorney General Greg Stumbo to provide another opinion on the constitutionality of domestic partner benefits at the University of Kentucky.

June 27, 2007