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Minority enrollment stays strong in Mich.

The number of minority freshmen at the University of Michigan remains about the same this fall, despite a ban on affirmative action approved by the state's voters a year ago. More »

Bush presents Medals of Freedom to honorees

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to recognize contributions in science, the arts, literature and the cause of peace and freedom. More »

Colleges pledge to narrow minority achievement gaps

In a coordinated stab at one of higher education's most pressing problems, some of the country's largest university systems pledged last Wednesday to cut in half the achievement gaps for minority and low-income students on their campuses over the next eight years. More »

House Democrats press Bush administration on subpoenas

WASHINGTON - House Democrats threatened Monday to hold President Bush's key confidants in contempt of Congress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the Justice Department's purge of federal prosecutors last winter. More »

Olympic gold medalist John Woodruff dies at 92

PHOENIX - John Woodruff, who joined Jesse Owens as black Americans who won gold medals in the face of Adolf Hitler and his "master race" agenda at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, has died. He was 92. More »