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Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of Maryland

Center for Equal Opportunity Now Targets State of MarylandBy Linda Meggett Brown and the Associated PressBALTIMOREA dmissions practices at Maryland’s public schools and colleges are the latest targets of the Center for Equal Opportunity, which has released a study indicating that Black students are getting in with lower SAT scores than those of White students.The […]

October 25, 2000

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Doctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of Wisconsin

Doctored Photo Stirs Controversy at University of WisconsinMADISON, Wis. Hoping to illustrate its diverse enrollment, the University of Wisconsin at Madison says it doctored a photo on a brochure cover by inserting a Black student in a crowd of White football fans. “We did it in this one instance, and it really was an error […]

October 11, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Court Rules for Md. College in Race Discrimination Suit

Court Rules for Md. College in Race Discrimination SuitARNOLD, Md. — A former vice president of Anne Arundel Community College has lost another round in her race discrimination suit against the school’s board of trustees and president.The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., unanimously upheld a verdict against Dr. Augustine Pounds, who […]

July 5, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Warrick L. Carter has been named president of Columbia College in Chicago. He will take office July 1. He is currently director of entertainment arts for Walt Disney Entertainment. He previously served as dean of faculty and as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He […]

April 26, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Expecting Standards

Expecting StandardsDupont Circle associations wrestle with meeting high diversity expectations.WASHINGTON — The American Council of Education recently lost two of the most visible minorities in higher education. Dr. Deborah Wilds, the association’s deputy director of the Office of Minority Concerns, recently left to become a program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (see […]

March 15, 2000

Community Colleges

BI News Briefs

Judge Allows Students to Help Defend Georgia’s Admissions PolicyATHENS, Ga. — Several students concerned about the state’s efforts to defend the University of Georgia against a high-profile lawsuit alleging discrimination in the school’s admissions policy have added themselves as defendants in the case.Ken Dious, an attorney here who represents the students, some of whom are […]

January 19, 2000

Students

High-Tech Admissions

High-Tech AdmissionsPredictive Modeling Software is Reshaping the Way Schools Find and Communicate With Prospective StudentsWhen Tuskegee University officials set a goal of growing enrollment from the current 3,000 students to 5,000 by the year 2006, they knew it would require an extraordinary approach. Especially given the fierce national competition for college-bound African American high school […]

October 13, 1999

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St. Augustine V.P. and Husband File Suits Against the College

St. Augustine V.P. and Husband File  Suits Against the CollegeRALIEGH, N.C.—The vice president of St. Augustine’s College has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the college and top administrators alleging sexual harassment, and gender and employment discrimination. Her husband, a former employee also filed suit claiming wrongful termination when he was fired from his post […]

May 12, 1999