Lydia LumAfrican-AmericanStanford: Ethnic Studies Courses Help At-risk High School StudentsHigh school ethnic studies courses focusing on how race and culture can impact life and identity can sometimes improve attendance and academic performance of students who are at risk of dropping out.February 3, 2016Faculty & StaffUCLA, Medical Community Lose a GiantDr. Paul Terasaki, who died Monday, developed a tissue-typing test in 1964 that became the international standard method of determining compatibility of organ donors with potential recipients.January 28, 2016Students‘Gifted’ Black Kids Not as Likely to Get Placed in Talented ProgramsHigh-achieving, Black, elementary school students are much less likely than their White peers to receive assignments to gifted and talented programs in math and reading, according to a new study.January 24, 2016LatinxStudy Refutes Narrative of Mexican Immigrants Taking Jobs from AmericansLow-skilled Mexican-born workers did not strain the resources of major U.S. cities during the economic downturn, nor did they crowd out the low-skilled natives for remaining jobs.January 7, 2016African-AmericanForum Examines ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Blacks’ IncarcerationDr. Samuel L. Myers Jr. of the University of Minnesota says that “the list of unintended consequences of disproportionate imprisonment of Black males is enormous.”January 6, 2016HealthCal State, San Bernardino Joins Fight Against Student Food InsecurityCSUSB is one of a growing number of higher education institutions nationwide that houses a food bank on campus in response to the prevalence of food insecurity among today’s student body.December 22, 2015Asian American Pacific IslanderExhibit Brings Awareness of Hmong Culture“Hmongstory 40,” an exhibition taking place in Fresno, California, traces the history of the Hmong in Laos, their role in the Secret War and their flight to the United States.December 14, 2015African-AmericanOakland, Detroit, D.C. Rated Tops for Commitment to Black Male AchievementA CBMA scorecard rates cities based on efforts to advance Black males and reduce disparities in educational attainment, employment, incarceration rates and other areas of well-being.December 10, 2015African-AmericanMentoring Minority Junior Faculty not Just Job for Tenured Professors of ColorA POD Network session explored ways in which Whites can effectively mentor non-Whites at universities like Grand Valley State University where there are perhaps too few minorities in senior positions to tap.November 11, 2015SportsWilliams Ensuring Cal Accountable to AthletesH. Michael Williams, who was appointed full-time director of athletics at the University of California, Berkeley earlier this year, is trying to make the benefits more accessible to students who play in one of the institution’s 30 intercollegiate sports.November 1, 2015Previous PagePage 6 of 30Next Page
