November 12th, 2012
Written by Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday's presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset.
Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of the age, ethnic, and racial diversity he brought out in 2008. But across the country, voters affirmed changes in social policy that show a...
November 5th, 2012
Written by Anonymous in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 3 Comments
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state investigative panel is questioning the impartiality of an outspoken Palm Beach County judge who frequently criticizes what he sees as racial bias in state laws, prosecutors and law enforcement.
The Judicial Qualifications Commission panel filed formal charges with the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday, alleging that Judge Barry M. Cohen has abused his position by...
November 5th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 1 Comment
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jewish students in the University of California system labeled terrorists for their support of Israel. Black high school students pelted by bananas on a Tennessee campus tour. A hostile student in Maryland challenging his professor to a fight after the teacher limited the use of cell phones and laptops during lectures.
In a society where anonymous Internet commenters freely...
October 29th, 2012
Written by Sean Murphy - Associated Press in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 2 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — African-American students were given preferential treatment in admissions to the University of Oklahoma despite lower average test scores than white students, according to a study released Oct. 22 by a conservative think-tank.
University officials deny the claims made in the study by the Virginia-based Center for Equal Opportunity, which analyzed students admitted to OU's law...
October 29th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 4 Comments
For decades, American schools have strived to integrate and equalize educational opportunities in an ever-changing, multiracial society. But a new report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project analyzing segregation trends in the nation’s public schools shows “persistent and serious increases in segregation by race and poverty,” especially in the South and West where students of color now comprise the...
