P &6.-The Michigan Daily -- Thursday, June 2, 1983
Business school
adds minority aid
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sequent years of school, Moller said.
THIS MOVE follows the release of a
recent Affirmative Action report which
indicated a significant increase in the
number of black students enrolled in
graduate business programs at the
University since 1979.
Although overall black student
enrollment at the University has drop-
ped from 6.9 to 5.2 percent in the past
five years, graduate business school
programs have shown a 3 percent in-
crease in the number of black students
since 1979, according to the report.
Almost 100 minority students at par-
ticipating universities qualify for the
grants each year, said Wallace Jones,
administrative director of the program.
LAST YEAR 184 corporations, in-
cluding General Motors, Chrysler, and
Ford Motor Co., donated more than
$800,000 to the program, Jones said.
This money, however, spreads thinly
over the participating schools, Jones
said. Only eight grants per university
are available each year.
The Ford Foundation was the first
corporation to fund the program, which
began in 1955, to encourage more black
and minority students to pursue
graduate degrees in business, accor-
ding to Jones.
Soon after, other major corporations
such as Burroughs and K-Mart mat-
ched Ford's contributions.
Indiana University was the first school
to adopt the program in 1967 followed
by the University of Wisconsin,
Washington University, and the
University of Southern California.
Since its start, 925 minority students
have earned doctorates in business
through the program's funds and the
number is expected to reach 1,000 by
the end of this year, Jones said.
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Judge rules against family
of slain civil rights worker
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believes the decision was correct. "The
decision was an appropriate one," she
said when contacted by the Daily. "I'm
happy. I think it's a just decision," she
added.
MEMBERS OF the Liuzzo family
didn't hide their disappointment and
surprise over the ruling.
"We will continue to fight on behalf of
my family ... we won't stop," said'
Tony Liuzzo.
The Liuzzo's and their attorney,
however, said if the suit had been tried
in the South a judge would have ruled in
their favor. "Both black and white
Alabama people wanted us to win this
case," said Robb.
THE SUIT clearly displays the need
for a jury trial for cases involving the
federal government, Robb said. Since
Joiner is a federal judge, Robb said he
believes the decision was biased.
But Robertson contends that a jury
would have also ruled against the Liuz-
zos. "I basically have a lot of confiden-
ce in the court system," she said, ad-
ding that jurors are instructed not to let
their sympathies interfere with their
decision.
The trial included complex
testimonies by both past and present
FBI agents and Klan members. Several
testimonies were broadcast in the court
room by video tapes.
The three Klansmen riding in the car
which gunned Liuzzo down, were
cleared of murder charges. They were
sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1966 for
violating Liuzzo's civil rights. Two of
them served six year sentences and the
third Klansman died.
Rowe was indicted by an Alabama
grand jury in 1978 on murder charges
but was later cleared by a federal judge
who granted him immunity because he
was an FBI informant. Rowe now lives
in Savannah, Georgia under an
assumed name.
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EONS students get chance
to complete college degree
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though they had poor academic recor-
ds.
"the success of EONS is that people
are self-selected," McKinney said.
The students are also highly
motivated, even though they might not
have been at other schools.
"They're here for serious business,"
said Ellie Hendershot, a senior ad-
missions counselor and curent EONS
director.
LSA sophomore John McNabb,25,
was admitted to the University with a
goal in mind - a degree in public
policy. He joined the Navy for six years
after graduating from high school, but
decided he needed a college education.
"EONS is for someone who failed
miserably at one point in his life and
redeemed himself," says McNabb, who
attributes his poor performance in high
school to the two jobs he held.
Eleanor Krause, who graduated this
year with a degree in psychology and
attended the University with her
daughter, a senior in the art school,
says she wants to find a job counseling
"women in mid-life."
"EONS opens doors for people, and
gives people a second chance," she
said.
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