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Focuses on the efforts of colleges outside Texas to recruit minority high school students from Texas. Background on the 1996 Hopwood vs. Texas decision which banned the use of affirmative action by Texas institutions; Financial aid as a persuasion tactic offered by recruiters; Attempts by counselors to dissuade minority students from attending out-of-state schools.

Offers higher-education related news briefs from the United States as of May 12, 2000. Panel findings that show poor record of integration among Louisiana colleges and universities; Recommendations by a Texas higher education board for federal aid to the two historically black public colleges in the state; Naming of Byron McClenney as president of Kingsborough Community College; Criticism of Alabama Board of Education's plans to merge Montgomery's two technical colleges.

Focuses on the efforts of college officials in Texas to recruit minority students. The 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision which banned the use of affirmative action by Texas institutions; Use of an adversity index to increase the number of scholarships offered by Texas schools to minority students; Role of campus location in students' college choices; Insecurities of minority students who do not feel welcome at Texas schools.

Offers news briefs on issues relating to United States colleges and universities. Removal of Texas Southern University President James M. Douglas by the Board of Regents in Houston after extending his contract for two years; Reaction from University of Connecticut professors to a proposal by Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland that they teach one more course per year.

Presents brief articles pertaining to higher education in the United States. End of the University of Texas at Austin's program aimed at recruiting minority professors; Federal tax credits for students; Report that the University of Missouri at St. Louis may bar the Ku Klux Klan from sponsoring programs on the university's public radio.

Reports that students rallied to support affirmative-action programs at various universities in 1998. Low turnout for the event titled `National Days of Action to Defend Affirmative Action'; Largest rally held at the University of California at Berkeley; Comments from Bob Jensen, professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Offers news briefs having to do with higher education. How the University of California Board of Regents was accused of violating the state's open-meeting law in deciding to restrict affirmative action; How the Texas Legislature has approved a constitutional amendment that could increase the funds that the University of Texas receives; How teacher-education students get higher scores on the Praxis II test for teacher licensure than do people who have never enrolled in a teacher-training program; Others.