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Reports on a jury's awarding of $250,000 to former Prairie View A&M University instructor William Foster who claimed he was fired for advocating faculty pay increases. Efforts by Foster to start campus chapter of the Texas Faculty Association; Jury ruling that Prairie View officials violated Foster's right to free speech.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by three White administrators at Houston Community College (HCC) accusing the institution of racial discrimination. Minorities in the nine-member board; Board's alleged politics system of race-based preference; Comments by HCC Chancellor Ruth Burgos-Sasscer on the alleged accusations.

Reports on the disappointment of University of Texas (UT) officials in Austin over the United States Supreme Court's refusal to hear its affirmative action case. Statement issued by the university's President Larry Faulkner; Information on the denial of college admission to Cheryl Hopwood.

Reports on the refusal of the United States Supreme Court to revive claims by Hampton University women's basketball coach Patricia Bibbs against a police in Lubbock, Texas who arrested her and her companions in 1998 because of racial profiling. Details of the case.

Reports that a federal jury has found that the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, has discriminated against an Afro-American professor by paying him less than his White colleagues for three years. Amount of damages awarded to Francis Terrell for mental anguish and los wages; Terrell's intention to continue working at the university.