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US schools expected to re-examine racial integration programs following court ruling

WASHINGTON School officials around the United States are considering how to proceed after a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in two cities.

June 29, 2007

Massachusetts Schools May Feel Impact of Supreme Court Ruling

BOSTON The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that prohibits schools from considering race when assigning students, except in limited cases, could revive a failed challenge to the city of Lynn’s controversial desegregation plan and imperil similar policies around the state.

June 29, 2007

Supreme Court Ruling Denounced by Democratic Presidential Candidates

WASHINGTON A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Thursday night and said the nation’s slow march to racial unity is far from over.

June 29, 2007

$3 Million Pledge to LeMoyne Owen by City of Memphis OKed by Judge

MEMPHIS Tenn. A Memphis judge is allowing the city council to pay the first installment of a $3 million pledge to struggling Lemoyne-Owen College, after hearing arguments from a citizen against the gift.

June 29, 2007

Parents Nervous as Supreme Court Ruling Puts School Districts and Plaintiffs at Odds About Future School Assignments

LOUISVILLE Ky. For Jessica Vautard, attending classes with students from a variety of backgrounds is a treat that can’t be duplicated.

June 29, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Universities, Faculty in Final Round of Contract Talks

HARRISBURG Pa. The administration and union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities are in the midst of a final round of contract talks, hoping to resolve their differences before the current work rules expire Saturday.

June 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Tuition, Financial Aid Going Up for New Hampshire University System

DURHAM N.H. Tuition and financial aid are going up for students of New Hampshire’s university system.

June 29, 2007

Community Colleges

Enrollment Hits All-Time High at South Dakota University Center

BROOKINGS S.D. An official of University Center, where public higher education classes are taught in Sioux Falls, says enrollment has hit all-time highs in many areas.

June 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff to Take Position With University of Louisiana System

BATON ROUGE La. One of Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s top assistants is leaving the governor’s office to take a position with the University of Louisiana System.

June 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

President of United Tribes Upbeat About Prospect of American Indian Committee Member for UND

BISMARCK N.D. United Tribes Technical College President David Gipp says he is encouraged by the prospect of an American Indian member of the committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president.

June 29, 2007

Jeffords chosen to head Senate Committee as education panels take shape – Washington Update – Sen. James Jeffords

A moderate Republican was chosen to succeed Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kans.) next year as chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, the Senate panel responsible for education, when the GOP cleared the way for Sen. James Jeffords (R-Vt.) to claim the committee’s top spot.

June 28, 2007

Highlights of significant Supreme Court cases on race and schools

Significant decisions by the Supreme Court on the racial makeup of schools:

June 28, 2007

How the Supreme Court’s Decision Yesterday Impacts Higher Ed

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court limited public school districts’ use of race in school assignments. While the deciding justices plainly state numerous times in their opinion that the ruling will not affect higher education, the four dissenting liberals argued that the court’s decision “tacitly” overrules Grutter v. Bollinger, which upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s affirmative action admissions policy in 2003.

June 28, 2007

ABA Conference the Stage for Affirmative Action Debate

BOSTON Is the dearth of minority lawyers at elite law firms a result of racism or of faulty affirmative action programs? In a debate yesterday, David B. Wilkins, a Harvard University law professor, and Richard H. Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, sought to address the reasons for Black underrepresentation in elite law firms. In 2005, non-White attorneys made up only 4.6 percent of partners at the nation’s largest law firms, according to the National Association for Law Placement.

June 28, 2007

Native Americans

Board President Wants Indian Rep on UND Search Committee

BISMARCK N.D. After first rebuffing the idea, the president of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education says he will now recommend adding an American Indian to the panel that will recruit a new president for the University of North Dakota.

June 28, 2007

The Search Committee Handbook

In Wake of Supreme Court Decision, Schools to Look to Factors Other Than Race Associated Press Online

WASHINGTON Educators soon may pay extra attention to income levels, home addresses and test scores when they decide which school a student should attend.

June 27, 2007

Virginia College Savings Plan Founder To Depart

RICHMOND Va. Diana F. Cantor said Thursday she plans to step down as head of the Virginia College Savings Plan for a job in the private sector.

June 27, 2007

University of Kansas Tuition Rates Frozen for Four Years

TOPEKA Kan. Incoming freshman at the University of Kansas will pay the same tuition rate for four years under a plan the Kansas Board of Regents approved Thursday.

June 27, 2007