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STEM: Page 73
Students
Forthcoming ETS Report proclaims the importance of HBCUs – Educational Testing Service; Historically Black Colleges and Universities – includes related article on ETS Report
WASHINGTON Every time the public funding of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is discussed, the same question arises: Now that colleges and universities are no longer segregated, why should a separate system of colleges and universities, begun in the time of segregation, be maintained?
STEM
Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers
Joy, uncertainty, sadness and feelings of accomplishment are just a few of the things graduates feel when walking across the stage to accept their diploma.
Leadership & Policy
Alabama Higher Ed Board Restricts System Employee Flex Policy
MONTGOMERY Ala. The state board of education took the first step Tuesday toward approving a new policy that would restrict the way system employees use flexible work schedules.
Community Colleges
Judge says Alabama college system discriminated against women; ruling alludes to history of gender bias and “good-ol-boy” patronage
An Alabama federal judge has drawn a damning portrait of the state’s community college system, describing it as riddled with gender discrimination and rife with political patronage.
Community Colleges
Virginia system seen as model of things to come
Richmond, Va. John White doesn’t care if his university football team wins. He doesn’t pal around with other students in the dorm. He doesn’t do keg parties.
Students
California’s Community College System Gets Students Into School But Not Always Out
SAN DIEGO For most of history, higher education has been reserved for a tiny elite.
Students
Historically Black, Majority White Schools Unite to Boost Minority STEM Degrees
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Four historically Black North Carolina colleges and universities will partner with four majority White counterparts in Virginia to double the average number of minorities completing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math.
Community Colleges
Bishop State Gets Transition Team to Help Fix Financial Problems
MOBILE, Ala. Alabama College System chancellor Bradley Byrne has created for Bishop State Community College a transition team, lead by the administrator to replace outgoing president Dr. Yvonne Kennedy, to help the college recover from the financial scandal that has threatened the predominately Black institution’s accreditation.
Students
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi – excerpts from the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in the case of Ayers v. Fordice
April 23, 1997 Before KING, JOLLY, and DENNIS–Circuit Judges. KING, Circuit Judge: This case concerns the obligation of the State of Mississippi and the other defendants to dismantle the system of de jure segregation that was maintained in public universities in Mississippi.
Students
Mississippi churning – court rulings on racial inequality in higher education in Mississippi – includes related articles on court rulings in the case of Ayers v. Fordice and precedence of Hopwood v. The State of Texas – Cover Story
After twenty-two years of continuous litigation in the federal courts, the legal battle that has engulfed Mississippi’s system of higher education, Ayers v. Fordice, appears to have no end in sight. Parties on both sides of the struggle have grown weary of the case, and some say they would like to strike an agreement that would end the protracted court battles and put desegregation efforts on a clear decisive course.
Recruitment & Retention
Public schools: the solution to Mississippi’s woes – college preparation – Column
Nine years ago, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) examined how well Mississippi” K-12 school system was preparing Black students to meet the college admission requirements then in effect. This research revealed two important facts.
STEM
Office for Civil Rights puts Texas on notice – investigation to determine Texas’ compliance with a Civil Rights provision
While Texas state officials scramble to adopt race-neutral admissions and financial aid policies in the state’s public higher education system? the U.S. Department of Education has opened an inquiry to determine whether the state is complying with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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