For the second time this month, a federal court upholds the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions.
Election ends, finally.
With the rush of political and legislative activity in Washington, ACE's Annual Meeting on February 17 to 20 will be an especially important event. This week, congressional and White House negotiators have worked furiously to fashion a compromise on the mammoth Fiscal Year 2001 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. Early in the week, it appeared that both student aid programs and biomedical research would face substantial cuts. Thanks to an outpouring of calls and e-mails from campus officials and students, this did not happen. Other higher education programs will also see increases.