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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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, […]

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., […]

Double Standard Reform

Double Standard ReformReports abound across the country of ex-welfare mothers who can’t make ends meet. Booted out of a system they depended on for so long, many lack the skills necessary to secure gainful employment despite taking training programs the federal government mandated nearly four years ago. That was back when reforming the system was […]

ACLU Sues Michigan Over Merit Scholarships

ACLU Sues Michigan Over Merit Scholarships DETROIT — Calling the Michigan Merit Award system an “unconscionable use of public funds,” the American Civil Liberties Union here filed a lawsuit last month asking that the state be ordered to stop using a standardized test as the sole criteria for the scholarship. The ACLU says awarding the […]

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