Young v. Fordice: Challenging Dual Registration under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

Symposium - An Analysis of Mississippi Cases Argued before the United State Supreme Cour

Expectations and Experiences of African American Students at Two Predominantly White Universities in Southern Appalachia.

This study addressed the academic, cultural, and social expectations and experiences of 20 African American juniors and seniors at 2 predominantly White universities in the southern Appalachian region of the United States. The participants\u27 described experiences revealed how institutional practices promoted or obstructed their persistence to graduation. Qualitative ethnographic methodology with critical race theory as the conceptual framework guided the study. This approach allowed for the perspectives and lived experiences of the students to be voiced and heard. Data collected included their stories based on semistructured interviews, document reviews, and observations. The constant comparison method was used to analyze the data through the critical race interpretive lens of racism as the persistent reality of people of color. In combination, the data illustrated the positive and negative impacts of student-institution relationships and the campus racial climate on African American students\u27 experiences at the universities under study. Findings indicated a dissonance between the students\u27 academic, cultural, and social expectations and experiences primarily caused by unanticipated racist experiences in the classrooms, on the campuses, and in the campus\u27 communities-at-large. Positive relationships with administrators, faculty members, and staff emerged as the most significant contributors to the students\u27 capability to safely and successfully navigate academic, social, and cultural pathways leading to graduation. Recommendations based on the results of the study are provided for university administrators, faculty members, and staff who are committed to improving the college experience and persistence to graduation rates for students of color matriculating at predominantly White universities

Literacy Educators’ Perspectives on Transformation and Authenticity

We discuss how adults with low literacy skills have transformed through education and also raise epistemological questions on education’s place in the transformation and learning process

KSU Women\u27s Choir, When Silence Becomes Singing

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents When Silence Becomes Singing, featuring KSU Women\u27s Choir.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1369/thumbnail.jp

Challenging Buckley v. Valeo: A Legal Strategy

In its 1976 ruling in Buckley v. Valeo, the United States Supreme Court sanctioned a system of unlimited campaign spending in federal elections. Since that ruling, this nation has witnessed an explosion of political expenditures. The 1996 election cycle marked the most expensive election in U.S. history, with congressional and presidential candidates spending a total of more than $2 billion. Campaign spending has also dramatically risen in state and local elections across the country. Unlimited spending poses a serious threat to our democratic process. It undermines public confidence in our elections and in our democratic institutions. It presents an increased danger of actual corruption as large contributors dominate the financing of public election campaigns. It places enormous time pressures on officeholders running for re-election, interfering with their ability to carry out their governing duties. It enables candidates with wealth or access to wealth to drown out the voices of lesserfunded candidates and their supporters. It violates the promise of political equality