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August 27th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Education, the Great Equalizer, race relations news, Ethnicity vs Race, Latest News with 0 Comments
A report from the Center for American Progress released August 22, 2012, indicates there are “lingering vestiges of racial inequality” in America’s schools when it comes to state and local education “per-pupil” spending on students of color.
Another report released August 20, 2012, by the Pew Hispanic Center says Hispanics are now “the largest minority group among the nation’s four-year colleges...
August 24th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Race & Politics, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
August 14, 2012 is a day to remember. It is the day the GOP publicly played the race card for the first time in this election cycle. It was a sly move. They dealt the first card off a deck held by Joe Biden. Complete with contrived outrage, the party indulged in a full-fledged temper fit and demanded a full apology for a racial reference that oddly, had nothing to do with race! Confused? Let me...
August 8th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Business Biases & Building Blocks, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
On July 24, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled new rules designed to improve the discrimination complaint process for federal employees, including how claims are filed, processed, and decided. The last time any changes transpired for the federal sector complaint process was in 1999.EEOC enforces parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in...
August 1st, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Education, the Great Equalizer, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
In the wake of Education Secretary, Arne Duncan’s recent testimony to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, regarding the automatic cuts included in the 2011 Budget Control Act - taking effect in January 2013 - could mean the slashing of billions of dollars in education grants, resulting in “tens of thousands of teacher layoffs,” President Barack...
March 12th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Education, the Great Equalizer, race relations news, Latest News with 0 Comments
The United States is a melting pot that continues to draw people from all ethnic backgrounds to its shores in pursuit of the “American Dream.” Many of these latest newcomers arrive as students and their first encounter with American culture – both good and bad - is on a college campus. And sometimes these campuses are recognized internationally for their efforts at getting it right.The University...
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