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In Brief: Harvard Boosts Financial Aid for Middle-Income Students

Harvard University announced Monday a major expansion of financial aid that will help even families earning six figures; Stanford University’s historic East Asian collection needs a new home; the University of Southern Maine bans students from campus for failing to meet vaccination requirements for mumps; and University of Utah allows students to request new dorm room if they discover their roommate has a concealed gun permit.

University of California Tries to Better Understand Asian Students

The University of California is expanding the categories undergraduate applicants use to self-report their ethnicity as part of an effort to collect and better report the “complexities” of its Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

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UCLA Study See Inequities for Latino Students

Latino students lag far behind White and Asian students on every indicator of school success — achievement, high school graduation, and college preparation, according to a study by the University of California-Los Angeles Institute for Democracy, Education and Access.

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University of Nevada, Reno Enrolls Highest Number of Students of Color

RENO Nev. Nearly one-fifth of the students at the University of Nevada, Reno identify themselves as students of color, the most diverse enrollment in school history, UNR officials said.

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Poll by Yale Climate Group Reveals Americans Consider Global Warming a Threat

An increasing number of Americans believe global warming represents a serious threat that demands drastic intervention, according to a national poll conducted by Yale University, the Gallup Organization and the ClearVision Institute.

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Investing in Asian American Women Through Education

For promoting education among Asian American women and other accomplishments, Wendy Cai recently became the youngest recipient of the United Nations Population Fund Award for the Health and Dignity of Women.

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Getting to Know: Dr. Gregory Chan

Dr. Gregory Chan is provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University in Miami, where he has been second-incommand since 2001.

Study Notes College-access Barriers Faced By Asian American Students

Despite the pervasive “model-minority” myth of overachieving Asian Americans easily getting into U.S. colleges and universities, a study at the University of California, Los Angeles has found that more Asian American students are facing problems in accessing higher education opportunities than ever before.

Grants and Gifts

The AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT, a nonprofit sponsor of group insurance and charitable giving programs for the more than 400,000 members of the American Bar Association, has donated $3.7 MILLION to improve the ABA Fund for Justice and Education. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and the regents of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA have received $7.5 MILLION […]

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A Sign of the Times

Prior to profiling Morehouse’s new president in the pages of Diverse, we reported online about his speech at the HBCU Week conference last month where he essentially outlined some of his plans for the all-male college.

Asianisation of Campus Fellowships

Students flock to university Christian groups to find solidarity and acceptance, say educators.

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Best & Brightest: Community College Grad Competes with the Best

In an auditorium brimming with a sea of the country’s brightest young scholars attending prestigious universities like Georgetown and the University of California, Berkeley, Tiffany Dang recalls looking around, and asking herself, “What am I doing here? Am I really at their level?”

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