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HBCUs

‘The Albany Movement’

Before Birmingham and Selma, Ala., became benchmarks for change during the Civil Rights Movement…

November 15, 2006

Health

Research Round-up

Recent studies show mental illness in Blacks go undetected, residents of Black neighborhoods are more likely to report poor health and minority medical students are usually under more stress.

November 14, 2006

Leadership & Policy

‘Seeking — and Finding — the Best’

The size of this edition is unprecedented, our largest ever. And the theme of this special report…

October 18, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The End of a Journey

Tennessee’s desegregation case comes to a close with all parties in agreement that the state has finally eliminated all vestiges of racial segregation in its higher ed system.

October 18, 2006

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Scholars Gear Up to Defend School Desegregation

As the U.S. Supreme Court gears up to hear a school desegregation case brought on by parent groups in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., a group of legal and education scholars filed briefs this week in support of desegregation efforts.

October 12, 2006

African-American

A Sacred Search

Heaven help the University of California system’s diversity initiatives. After UC’s Black alumni association…

August 23, 2006

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Scholars Cite History’s Legacy, Rap Music for Achievement Gap

Dr. Glenn C. Loury is losing sleep over the achievement gap between Blacks and Whites in public schools…

July 12, 2006

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Report: Increased Education May Help Breed Segregation

Studies have long shown that education broadens an individual’s perspective and helps to diminish racist attitudes…

July 12, 2006

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Judge Plans Fall Trial in Alabama’s College Desegregation Case

A fourth trial will begin this fall in Alabama’s long-running college desegregation case, a judge has ruled.

June 26, 2006

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Scholars Cite History’s Legacy, Rap Music for Achievement Gap

Dr. Glenn C. Loury is losing sleep over the achievement gap between Blacks and Whites in public schools. But it’s not merely low test scores in the nation’s grammar and middle schools that disturbs him. It is America’s political leaders, who are leaving the job of fixing the nation’s racial disparities to educators alone.

June 25, 2006

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Report: Increased Education May Help Breed Segregation

Studies have long shown that education broadens an individual’s perspective and helps to diminish racist attitudes. But new Rice University study indicates highly educated Whites help perpetuate racial segregation in U.S. schools.

June 25, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Civil Rights Panel: Duplication Threatens Black Colleges

Predominately White institutions (PWIs) are duplicating programs offered at historically Black colleges and universities…

May 31, 2006