Campus Notes Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project. Nov 29, 2007, 13:58
Campus Notes University Systems Commit to Closing Gap Black college students earn bachelor’s degrees at nearly half the rate — Hispanic students at nearly less than a third the rate — of White students. Low-income students get their undergraduate degrees at one-eighth the rate of more economically advantaged students. Nov 29, 2007, 13:49
Campus Notes Addressing the Mental Health Ailments Facing Black College Students BALTIMORE If the walls of Cicely Evans’ office could talk, they would tell of the mental health ailments facing Black college students, including domestic violence, depression, anxiety, stress, unresolved issues of homosexuality and thoughts of suicide. Nov 29, 2007, 13:36
Campus Notes Combating the Model Minority Stereotype The University of California has established a multi-campus research program to study and develop solutions for problems affecting Asian Americans. Sep 6, 2007, 15:20
Campus Notes A Gift of Presidential Proportions Nobody understood why Bruce King took a job at the University of South Dakota. But the decision may have saved his life. Aug 23, 2007, 15:56
