Black Issues in Higher Education

This is excerpted from an open letter sent by Alvin Chambliss Jr., Esquire, of Texas Southern University, to Dr. Elias Blake Jr., executive director, Benjamin E. Mays Institute, concerning historically Black colleges and universities. Chambliss is the...

Clearly Understanding the Affirmative Action DebateIncreasingly, affirmative action has become a commanding issue in our nation's political life. In the early months of the recent presidential campaign, Republican candidates, looking to boost their campaigns...

Harvard Scholars Convene Civil Rights Think Tank: Experts to Search for Ways to Curtail Assault on Affirmative ActionCAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Recent court rulings against affirmative action have left some college admissions and financial aid officers asking,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After failing to place well enough in the regional competition to earn an automatic bid to the nationals, Howard University's Martin Luther King Jr. Forensics Society went on to become the first debating team from an historically Black...

Private Scholarships For Minorities Challenged: Virginia Community College at Center of High Stakes ControversyANNANDALE, Va. -- The latest assault on the higher education establishment's affirmative action programs is over an obscure, $500 private scholarship...

THE LAST WORD: Race and Higher Education In South AfricaAs South Africa enters the post-election era, the future of race relations in higher education is still undefined.The historically differential treatment of the three subgroups collectively identified...

Smaller Texas Institutions Expect Increased Minority Presence as a Result of Hopwood DecisionAUSTIN, Texas -- While the University of Texas and Texas A&M University have experienced a decline in minority applicants because of the Hopwood rating,...