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Equal opportunity officers seek ways to defend against attacks on affirmative action – affirmative action loses political support

Houston Waning political support for affirmative action poses new obstacles for advocates and equal opportunity officers, leaders of the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA) said here in April at their annual conference.

July 7, 2007

STEM

Resolution of the Board of Education adopting the report and recommendations of the African American task force; A policy statement and directing the superintendent of schools to devise a program to improve the English language acquisition and application

Whereas, numerous validated scholarly studies demonstrate that African-Americ-an students as a part of their culture and history [as] an African people possess and utilize a language described in various scholarly approaches as “Ebonics” (literally “Blank sounds”) or “Pan-African Communication Behaviors” or “African Language Systems”; and

July 4, 2007

Students

‘Federalizing Accreditation’

Standards may include student outcomes, but should the government or accrediting agencies implement the change?

June 30, 2007

Students

Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges

A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.

June 27, 2007

Sports

NCAA to review text messaging legislation

INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting.

June 26, 2007

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Rell vetoes in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrant kids

HARTFORD Conn. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have extended favorable in-state tuition rates at Connecticut’s public colleges and universities to children of illegal immigrants.

June 26, 2007

Students

Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges

A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.

June 26, 2007

Sports

Proposed legislation asks athletes to fight domestic violence: NCAA, others worried about stigma associated with sports figures – National Collegiate Athletic Association

Two members of Congress have proposed legislation that calls for a national campaign against domestic violence that would be spearheaded by athletes. But some sports organizations, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), believe the legislation unfairly suggests athletes have a propensity to engage in violence against women.

June 23, 2007

Community Colleges

No matter who wins, the game will change – effect of the 1996 elections on US educational policy

Voters may lack enthusiasm for the 1996 election, pollsters and pundits say but a quick check of presidential and congressional races finds education advocates with plenty of reasons to watch–and worry–in the months ahead.

June 23, 2007

Students

Students play a major role at historic Latino march on Washington

College and university students were a major force at the first-ever national civil and human rights rally to concentrate on Latino issues. The two-day event, which included a march and a student conference, was held in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.   Leticia Villareal, a student at Vassar and the administrative chair of East Coast […]

June 23, 2007

Community Colleges

The journey towards a better life requires an educational passport

A few weeks ago, more than 800 new Americans took their oath of citizenship on the campus of North Harris College in l this stirring ceremony has been reenacted here some 15 times in the past three years swearing in 13,000 new citizens.

June 22, 2007

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The affirmative action debate & collegiality – in academia

When California voters go to the polls on November 5, they will vote on Proposition 209 — the so-called California Civil Rights Initiative — the ballot measure that would essentially outlaw affirmative action in the state of California.

June 22, 2007