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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That gets to the question of national opinion polls on affirmative action. If there are few Blacks, Hispanics or Native Americans admitted to these law schools, their chances of being nominated to serve on the High Court will be slim.

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Ohio State Faculty Criticize New Free Speech Policy and Reporting System

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Eveland worried that the policy may lead to challenging students’ opinions for educational purposes being misconstrued as censorship. Surveys from other schools have found that the largest barrier to campus free speech was self-censorship rooted in student fears of judgement. However, a policy can’t change that, Eveland said.

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Proctor Institute Releases Traffic Stop Perspectives Report

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moreover, the report delves into the perspectives and opinions of police officers themselves. Marybeth Gasman The report focuses on addressing the gap in outcomes based on attitudes and perception by either party of an encounter, according to the author Dr. James Hyman, an assistant professor at Bowie State University.

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Connecticut Lawmakers May Consider Legacy Admissions Ban

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” wrote Chief Justice John G. in his majority opinion. Roberts Jr.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The court voted 6-3 against the race conscious practices of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and 6-2 against the practices of Harvard, due to the recusal of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson The court’s opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, articulated three main reasons that the affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC violated the (..)

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The Antidote to the Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action? The Essay Will Keep Us Talking About Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As university administrators and admissions officers scramble to comply with the Supreme Court’s opinion, here’s the counterintuitive way out. Nothing like a double dose of Lidocaine to numb me while absorbing the opinion. The Harvard opinion makes it clear. Be color blind. But keep talking about race. But I didn’t cry.

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It was NEVER about Deion: HBCU Realities VS. Perceptions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last few days, we have seen countless opinions internal and external to the HBCU community regarding the exit of Coach Prime [Deion Sanders] from Jackson State University. There have been many opinions flying across Twitter, Facebook, and even national news stations like CNN.

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