Current News Law Professor: Criminal Justice Reform Begins With Jury Nullification Paul Butler, a professor of law at George Washington University and former Washington prosecutor, said Wednesday, that jurors should use their power to be change agents against the dysfunctional policies of the criminal justice system. Jul 2, 2009, 09:11
Current News New Commission on Graduate School Formed The Council of Graduate Schools and the Educational Testing Service have announced the formation of a Commission on the Future of Graduate Education in the United States that is composed of industry and higher education leaders such as Jackson State University President Ronald Mason and TIAA-CREF President Roger Ferguson. Jul 2, 2009, 09:02
Current News On the Air With Michael Eric Dyson It’s 1 p.m. and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is nestled behind a microphone in a small Virginia radio studio where he is gearing up to conduct a phone interview with the legendary Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins. Jul 1, 2009, 08:40
Current News Alumni Group To Pay $6M for Antioch College Antioch University agreed Tuesday to transfer the campus of financially strapped Antioch College to an alumni group that plans to turn it into an independent school. Jul 1, 2009, 08:16
Current News Despite Ruling, Testing Debate Far From Settled The U.S. Supreme Court renewed debate Monday over the fairness of high-stakes testing with its ruling that White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who scored high enough to win promotion on an exam Black firefighters didn’t, were unfairly denied promotions as a result of their race. Jun 30, 2009, 08:49
Current News Study Finds Widening Generation Gap in United States From cell phones and texting to religion and manners, younger and older Americans see the world differently, creating the largest generation gap since the tumultuous years of the 1960s and the culture clashes over Vietnam, civil rights and women’s liberation. Jun 30, 2009, 08:44
