Prof. Olu Odeyemi is a retired professor of Microbiology at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. A former Head of the Department of Microbiology, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science and Dean, Students Affairs at OAU
excellence. there clearly is a real suggestion the civil rights have been violated. we need to understand what is at the heart of this part is a relentless pursuit of equity that would damage the prospects of students. trunks governor when young and growing to the bottom of a skin that was more than a dozen schools in virginia. civil rights when the gove governor failed to notify high school seniors of national merit award accommodations until after college education deadlines had passed. affecting student chances for admission or scholarship syringe and back with dan henninger and bill mcgurn. so why did the schools withhold what should have been good news for these kids? and how do they justify it? well, we don t know yet.
One of the nation's most prestigious high schools is under investigation by Virginia's attorney general, all because several school districts may have discriminated against high-performing students in the name of equity.
estimate, 800 different scholarships availed to those, and those national merit award recipients, and they weren t even notified ended even have the chance to apply. i have to tell you, the time with skyrocketing student debt, i think it s pretty know where the schools didn t notify the schools. that s what we re trying to determine. i do have a statement from the superintendent of the district as well. and they say the current understanding around the delay in notifying students, and i ll read it for you, our current understanding of the delay, and obviously thomas jefferson high school this fall was a unique situation duty human error. and we ll leave it to our investigative review to draw any final conclusions. what do you make of the idea that this being initially spoken about as human error? how does that play into your investigation, and you have some skepticism to that point? well, we re going to find out. that s why we re doing the investigation. we know that the initial re