Associated PressLatinxMaryland Immigrant In-state Tuition Bill AdvancesA measure allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates in Maryland has passed the Maryland Senate.March 15, 2011Leadership & PolicyNews Analysis: Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Regents Short on DiversityBy pushing out a 14-year-member of the Board of Regents to make room for a minority appointee, Gov. Bobby Jindal is acknowledging it doesn’t look good to pack the state’s top higher education board with White members.March 14, 2011African-AmericanLa. Regents’ Consultant Suggests Options in SUNO/UNO StudyA consultant studying a controversial proposal to merge of Southern University at New Orleans with the University of New Orleans suggested two options Monday to rework an educational system deemed to be failing the city’s students.March 14, 2011SportsCharles Barkley Plans to Get Academic as NCAA AnalystThe brash Hall of Famer plans to lobby for better graduation rates in his new job as a college basketball commentator.March 13, 2011Leadership & PolicyNew Jindal Regents Appointee to Miss SUNO/UNO Board MeetingDr. Albert Sam II, a Black surgeon, was named to the Regents Board by Gov. Bobby Jindal after the governor pushed out a longtime White member of the board amid complaints about the lack of diversity on the panel.March 13, 2011Asian American Pacific IslanderLatinos, Asians Fuel Calif.’s Population GrowthIn the period from 2000 to 2010, the state’s Latino population grew by 28 percent, to 14 million in the nation’s most populous state, while Asian numbers grew by 31 percent, to 4.8 million.March 10, 2011StudentsStudy: Indians Studying in U.S. Wish to Return HomeA survey by Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University and the India-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences found only 8 percent of the 1,000 Indian graduate students polled say they would strongly prefer to remain in the U.S. after completing their studies.March 9, 2011African-AmericanTalladega College’s Amistad Murals to Go on Nationwide TourNow valued around $40 million, the Amistad paintings by artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff were commissioned in 1938 and the first three panels have hung at Talladega College since the 1939 dedication of a library.March 9, 2011HomeTulane University Education Institute Weighs in on New Orleans TaxesA Tulane University institute that studies New Orleans schools says property tax exemptions in the city are granted to a much too broad array of nonprofit organizations, professional societies, unions and fraternal clubs.March 2, 2011StudentsGeorgia Democrats Counter Governor’s HOPE PlanThe plan would give full scholarships to most Georgians and keep pre-K as a full-day program.March 2, 2011Previous PagePage 262 of 569Next Page
