Associated PressStudentsClinton: New Breed of Student Activism Can Make a DifferenceHundreds of college students, nonprofit groups and college administrators are gathering this weekend in New Orleans for the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University — the latest project of former President Clinton’s William J. Clinton Foundation.March 16, 2008Leadership & PolicyTribal College Leaders Bow Out of UND Advertisement, Citing NicknameFive current and former tribal college presidents have decided not to take part in a photo shoot for a University of North Dakota student recruiting campaign because of their opposition to the Fighting Sioux nickname, a UND official says.March 16, 2008StudentsStudents, Professors Rally to Support Student in Racial AttackFaculty and students at the University of Massachusetts are rallying around a Black biology student who is facing attempted murder charges after police say a White man taunted him with racial epithets, broke his nose and smashed his dormitory window.March 12, 2008Leadership & PolicyRacism Alleged in NMSU Decision not to Renew ContractsA New Mexico State University faculty member whose contract was not renewed says she was told she was “too educated to be considered Black.”March 12, 2008Native AmericansState, UW Join Push for Tribal Center at Riverton CollegePlans for a long-sought American Indian center at Central Wyoming College in Riverton have gotten a boost with the University of Wyoming joining the project and the state Legislature’s approval of $1.1 million in funding.March 12, 2008Community CollegesMissouri House Denies Undocumented Students Access too Public CollegesFor the third year in a row, Missouri House members voted Wednesday to bar undocumented immigrants from public colleges and universities.March 12, 2008Community CollegesNew Hampshire Pilot Articulation Initiative Rolled Out StatewideA pilot program that makes it easier and cheaper for community college students to transfer to the University of New Hampshire is being expanded statewide.March 12, 2008HealthResearchers at Odds Over Tuskegee StudyThe infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government experiment that charted the effects of the untreated disease on mostly poor and uneducated Black men, was conducted for 40 years before it was exposed and ended in 1972 amid widespread condemnation.March 12, 2008Asian American Pacific IslanderMinorities and Whites Have Differing Views of Health CareMinorities are more likely than White patients to rate their health care as fair or poor, a view that is particularly true among Chinese Americans, Blacks born in Africa and Vietnamese Americans.March 12, 2008LatinxLatino School Enrollment Up in Texas Cities With Immigration LawsNorth Texas cities debating local laws to deal with illegal immigration are also home to school districts with some of the state’s largest increases in Hispanic student enrollment, a Fort Worth Star-Telegram analysis found.March 11, 2008Previous PagePage 326 of 569Next Page
