Post Author: Jacob Houser Despite the inequalities for women’s athletics at the varsity level, intramural sports were a way for all men and women to compete in healthy athletics at Madison College/ James Madison University. By looking at the Bluestone Continue reading Intramurals: Pioneers on Campus
Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda The first African-Americans were accepted at Madison College in 1966, and when Carrier took office as president in 1971, he increased efforts to diversify the population on campus (Jones, 168). In 1973, an Affirmative Action plan Continue reading Mandated or Voluntary Integration?
Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda Enforcement of Affirmative Action began only after President Johnson’s Executive Order in 1965 (Hasday, 111). It’s implementation, however, was accompanied by opposition from the beginning, not simply after the University of California v. Bakke case in 1978 Continue reading That Awkward Adjustment Period
The integration of Madison College certainly did not go off without a hitch; however, it appears as if the Southern, Conservative culture was largely countered by a more Liberal, college environment historically geared towards educating women. This allowed integration to Continue reading Weighing the Facts
