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Media Matters

Veteran journalists weigh in on everything from the threats to diversity to the future of how the news is delivered.

July 25, 2007

Media Matters

Veteran journalists weigh in on everything from the threats to diversity to the future of how the news is delivered.

July 25, 2007

‘Time Out’

Do the demographics of sports newsrooms contribute to the sometimes negative coverage of Black athletes?

July 25, 2007

Counting on accuracy – Census Bureau looks to minority higher education community for help

Now that the court has ruled against the use of statistical sampling, the U.S. Census Bureau looks to the minority higher education community for assistance

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Diversifying the fourth estate – journalism schools

Will 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, 2007

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo under new scrutiny

As people in Mexico and the United States commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Mexican American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo has come under new scrutiny from scholars in both countries. They have been examining the implications of the treaty which ended the war, and its political relevance and meaning to modern Mexico-U.S. relations.

July 12, 2007

Reforming American education

Washington Just what is education reform? National education standards? Equity of access? Teacher certification? Curriculum revision? Better governance? Moreover, do we really need to reconstruct our educational system?

July 11, 2007

Academic turf war at East Los Angeles: move to include course on Central Americans in Chicano Studies Department meets resistance – East Lost Angeles College

Monterey Park, Calif. East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is the site of a controversy that many people have seen coming for a long time. It revolves around what appears to be an academic battle over turf.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The evolving HBCU niche – historically Black colleges and universities

In recent years, much has been written about the challenges confronting American higher education. There is a growing interest in applying standards of accountability, and many states have reduced financial support, as colleges and universities find themselves competing with prisons and health care for the public treasury. On a variety of fronts, the nation’s colleges and universities are re-examining themselves and their value to society.

July 11, 2007

Connecticut Education Law May be Affected by New Supreme Court Ruling

HARTFORD Conn. A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling could affect a decades-old Connecticut law requiring individual schools to reflect the demographics of their communities, state officials said Thursday.

June 27, 2007

Studies refute perceptions of open admissions and educational attainment – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers

Ultimately, the question of affirmative action will not be decided in the Supreme Court but by the public, which has been barraged by arguments that no matter what can be said about fairness and justice, affirmative action — and even desegregation — “just doesn’t work.”

June 17, 2007

TMCF Report Shows Increase In Black Male Enrollment

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s latest annual demographics report shows that more and more Black men are hitting the books and attending its member public historically Black colleges and universities.

June 5, 2007

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