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Hip-Hop Artists Are Becoming Colleges’ Most Sought After Lecturers

by Jamilah King on December 14 2012, 9:31AM

From Afrika Bambaataa to 9th Wonder, some of hip-hop’s biggest names are taking their art into the classroom.

Topics: Arts & Culture

For-Profit Giant University of Phoenix to Close 115 Locations

by Julianne Hing on October 18 2012, 1:10PM

Such is life in the world of for-profit higher education.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

Reports from Supreme Court: Justices Skeptical About UT Austin’s Program

by Julianne Hing on October 10 2012, 3:46PM

Stay with Colorlines.com for more analysis in the coming days.

Topics: Affirmative Action, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

How Diversity Trumped Equity—and May Kill Affirmative Action

by Julianne Hing on October 10 2012, 10:04AM

The core rationale for affirmative action has been lost in decades of legal wrangling over the policy.

Topics: Affirmative Action, Schools & Youth

The Rhetorical (De)evolution of Affirmative Action [INFOGRAPHIC]

by Hatty Lee on October 10 2012, 9:58AM

The case for affirmative action, from President Lyndon Johnson’s soaring 1965 speech to today’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court.

Topics: Affirmative Action, Schools & Youth

Should Young Black Women Strive to Be Steve Jobs—or to Do Better? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on August 6 2012, 9:16AM

Colorlines.com readers discuss an exciting program that’s giving young black women the tech skills that nobody else will, and how few truly positive tech-sector role models these kids have.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Here’s How Students of Color Fit Into Higher Ed’s Shifting Ecosystem

by Julianne Hing on July 17 2012, 10:31AM

The U.S. higher education system is a vast and growing network, but whether it be for-profit schools or private universities, who goes where changes largely according to race.

Topics: Schools & Youth