George Leef on race in college admissions; legislators debate how to fund roads; pros & cons of adding charter school grades without state okay; lawmakers on helping DWI offenders keep transportation to work; Rick Henderson on court win for N.C. blogger
Racial and ethnic preferences in admissions and scholarships at Virginia state public universities can no longer be justified on the basis of remedying past discrimination, according to a memorandum from the office of Virginia Attorney General.
The face of racial preferences, under the misnomer “affirmative action,” is changing in several places nationwide.
Despite increased security, crime will likely continue to be a problem for area college campuses. Minority freshmen enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin is near pre-Hopwood levels, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education Daily News online. Racial preferences were discontinued in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas following the 1996 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the Hopwood case.
N.C. A&T State University should learn who will be its new chancellor on Friday, March 19. As of press time on Thursday, March 18, President Molly Broad's office had not made public the names of the four candidates for the position, except one name: Harold Martin, vice chancellor for academic affairs at N.C. A&T.
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