Michele N-K CollisonAfrican-AmericanThe Edge of Heaven – ReviewThe Edge of Heaven by Marita Golden, Doubleday, $22.95,288 pages.July 15, 2007HomeBlue Light – ReviewBlue Light by Walter Mosely, Little, Brown Company, $24.00, 288 pages.July 15, 2007HBCUsThe Shape Of 1998“You’ve got to know the shape of the river perfectly. It is all there is left to steer by on a very dark night.” So begins Derek Bok and Dr. William Bowen’s new book, The Shape of the River, one of the first books to demonstrate the power of race-sensitive admissions practices. The former presidents of Harvard and Princeton universities evoke the image of Mississippi riverboat pilots winding through fogs, slow eddies, and hidden bluffs.July 15, 2007HomeParable of the Talents – ReviewParable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, Group West, $24.95, 400 pages.July 15, 2007HomeAfrolantica Legacies – ReviewAfrolantica Legacies by Derrick Bell, Third World Press, $24.95, 186 pages.July 14, 2007HomeA Dream Deferred – ReviewDream Deferred by Shelby Steele, Harper Collins, $19.95, 185 pages.July 14, 2007Leadership & PolicyBeating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African-American Males – ReviewBeating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African-American Males by Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Kenneth I. Maton and Geoffrey L. Greif, Oxford University Press, $25.00, 240 pages.July 14, 2007African-AmericanAmerica in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible – ReviewAmerica in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 480 pages.July 14, 2007HomeThe Shape of the River: Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions – ReviewThe Shape of the River’ Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by Derek Bok and Dr. William G. Bowen, Princeton University Press, $22.75, 384 pages.July 14, 2007Faculty & StaffDiversifying the fourth estate – journalism schoolsWill journalism schools continue to pursue students of color now that the American Society of Newspaper Editors has scaled back its commitment to diversity?July 13, 2007Page 1 of 2Next Page
