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Anti-Affirmative Action Group Says Medical College Discriminates Against Whites

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Says Medical College Discriminates Against WhitesOKLAHOMA CITYA study released recently by an anti-affirmative action group says the University of Oklahoma discriminates against Whites in medical college admissions, but an OU official denies it. The study by the Center for Equal Opportunity concluded that OU and four other colleges based some of their […]

July 4, 2001

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Court Upholds Discrimination Ruling Against University

Court Upholds Discrimination Ruling Against UniversityRICHMOND, Va. A federal appeals court upheld jury awards and attorneys’ fees totaling more than $1.64 million for two foreign-born professors who claimed officials at historically Black Virginia State University discriminated against them. In 1999, a federal jury awarded Nigerian-born chemistry professor Godwin O. Mbagwu $230,453 on his claim that […]

June 20, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Sounding the Alarm on Electronic Discrimination

Sounding the Alarm on Electronic DiscriminationTo Dr. Oscar H. Gandy Jr., putting computers and Internet access into the hands of disadvantaged minority and poor Americans falls short of addressing what he defines as one barely recognized version of the digital divide in the United States. Gandy, the Herbert I. Schiller professor in the Annenberg School […]

May 23, 2001

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High Court Decision Expected to Chill Future Civil Rights Suits

High Court Decision Expected to Chill Future Civil Rights SuitsWASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent reversal of two lower court decisions in a lawsuit challenging a state’s English-only policy is expected to have a chilling effect on other types of civil rights lawsuits, including those aimed at challenging higher education policies that yield a discriminatory […]

May 9, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education Board Finds No Discrimination at Bluefield State

Higher Education Board Finds No Discrimination at Bluefield StateBLUEFIELD, W.Va.Decisions made by Bluefield State College President Robert Moore and his staff relating to a discrimination complaint were not racially motivated, the state Higher Education Interim Governing Board said late last month.“After a thorough review of the allegations the board has found no evidence to support […]

April 25, 2001

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Adam’s Mark Faces New Accusations of Racial Bias

Adam’s Mark Faces New Accusations of Racial BiasBlack College Reunion participant says Daytona Beach, Fla., hotel was hostile to Black guestsBy Erik Lords A year after receiving scads of negative publicity resulting from a racial discrimination settlement, the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Daytona Beach, Fla., faces new accusations of racial bias from a participant in […]

April 25, 2001

African-American

Asking The Right Questions

Asking The Right QuestionsPsychologist puts African Americans at the center of social science research. By Kendra Hamilton ANN ARBOR, Mich.“The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.” They were immortal words, words that defined a crucial era of American race relations. But now, at the dawn of a new century, the globalization […]

April 11, 2001

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Former Labor Secretary to Lead Diversity Task Force

Former Labor Secretary to Lead Diversity Task ForceATLANTAAlexis M. Herman, former labor secretary in the Clinton administration, has been appointed chairwoman of a panel to oversee the Coca-Cola Company’s diversity efforts. The seven-member panel, created by the terms of a settlement of the class-action discrimination lawsuit against Coca-Cola, has the power to make binding recommendations […]

April 11, 2001

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University of Michigan’s Admissions Policy Rejected Judge rules diversity is not a compelling state interest

University of Michigan’s Admissions Policy Rejected Judge rules diversity is not a compelling state interestBy Erik LordsDETROITMany national leaders expressed shock and disappointment late last month after a U.S. District Judge in Detroit ruled that the University of Michigan’s race-conscious law school admissions policy is unconstitutional. Lawyers for the University of Michigan and a group […]

April 11, 2001

Health

Symposium Highlights Need for Diversity in Health Professions

Symposium Highlights Need for Diversity in Health ProfessionsBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTON Organizers of a health professions symposium on diversity last month placed considerable emphasis on education reform and minority academic achievement research. As a result, nationally recognized scholars and higher education officials urged nearly 300 symposium participants to familiarize themselves with academic achievement research and to […]

April 11, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?

Will Historic Inequities Ever Be Remedied?Before leaving office, Democrats and the Office of Civil Rights settled all but one desegregation case.Will Black colleges flounder in the postelection dust? By LYDIA LUMPicture this: A public school that was king of Black college football for many years, and also sports a marching band historically renowned. It draws nearly […]

March 28, 2001

Students

The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions

The Need Still Exists for Black Student UnionsAs a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people — especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living in an era of diversity and multiculturalism, people still seek to […]

January 31, 2001