By Rick Seltzer. Panel at NACAC takes on practices it identifies as reinforcing racism and white privilege in college admissions and counseling. More...
1 novembre 2018
1 novembre 2018
Smith Finds No Bias in Incident That Roiled Campus
By Emma Whitford. Investigators concluded that the caller provided "legitimate, non-discriminatory" reason for calling campus police on a black student who was eating her lunch in a residence hall living room. Some question the findings. More...
1 novembre 2018
Jury Awards Professor $1.3M in Age Bias Case
By Colleen Flaherty. American University discriminated against a former professor on the basis of her age when it denied her tenure, a unanimous jury in Washington Superior Court found Monday. The professor, Loubna Skalli-Hanna, who now teaches Middle Eastern studies off the tenure track at the University of California Washington Center, applied for tenure at American in 2013. More...
1 novembre 2018
'OK to Be White' Signs Appear at 2 Colleges
By Scott Jaschik. Signs saying "It's OK to be white" appeared at the University of Vermont and Champlain College this weekend, the Associated Press reported. More...
1 novembre 2018
SAT Scores Are Up, Especially for Asians
By Scott Jaschik. College Board data show increasing gaps between different racial and ethnic groups. More...
1 novembre 2018
Hate Group Posters at Cal State San Marcos
By Scott Jaschik. Days after two campuses in Vermont were plastered with "It's OK to be white" posters, white nationalist posters appeared at California State University San Marcos. University officials removed the posters, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. More...
1 novembre 2018
For Hillel, Community and Safety
By Scott Jaschik. A year ago, alt-right protesters marched through the University of Virginia chanting Nazi slogans. White nationalists have for the last two years been posting anti-Semitic banners on campuses. On Saturday, an avowed anti-Semite killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. More...
1 novembre 2018
Could Diversity Survive a Harvard Loss?
By Scott Jaschik. Focus in trial was question of what would happen if Harvard (and by extension, other colleges) stopped considering race. More...
1 novembre 2018
Recommendation Letters and Bias in Admissions
By Scott Jaschik. During the first week of the trial in the lawsuit charging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian American applicants, university officials offered a number of reasons to explain why the admission rate for Asian American applicants (who, on average, have slightly better academic credentials) is a bit lower than that of white applicants. More...
1 novembre 2018
Judge: Harvard Trial Should Proceed
By Scott Jaschik. A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for a full trial on a suit charging Harvard University with illegally discriminating against Asian American applicants. More...
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