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Predicting Academic Success Using Shoe Size: Affirming the Action in College Admissions

by Dr. Robin Lee Hughes, May 5, 2009

Many higher educational institutions no longer rely exclusively on standardized tests as a primary indicator of future academic success. However, the courts continue to be bombarded by numerous allegations of rampant reverse discrimination, and public outrage that stems from students’ performances on standardized tests. In light of the insurmountable testimony

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Shaping the Court: Race, Gender and Ideology

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, May 4, 2009

2009 seems to be the year that the American electorate is turning left of center. Evidence of this include the election of President Obama, the election of a Democratic controlled Congress,  the Supreme Court of Iowa sanctioned same sex marriage, Vermont allows same sex marriage and several other states are

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The Case Against Cultural Standardization in Tenure Decisions

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, April 6, 2009

There has been a cacophony of voices calling for the elimination of tenure in higher education. Many of those voices are ultra conservative ideologues who are using the tenure debate to excoriate what they see as a liberal-leaning academy. There is a more vexing question that is conveniently absent from

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Changing the Conversation About HBCUs: YES WE CAN!

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, March 22, 2009

Over the past month, I have been to three meetings in which the leaders of HBCUs have come together to talk about these venerable institutions during this time of economic crisis.  I have come away from each of these meetings thinking, "There has got to be a way to change

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Defining a Person's Blackness?

by Dr. Elwood Watson, February 12, 2009

Last October at an annual conference that highlights various aspects of the Black experience, I attended a panel where Dr. Ronald Walters, professor of government and African American studies at the University of Maryland, College Park and several other scholars were discussing the potential impact that the upcoming election could

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