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UC professor wins gender discrimination lawsuit – University of California at Santa Barbara Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez

One day last fall, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez woke up and decided she was not going to take it anymore.

Chicano generation gap: method of activism by scholars at center of NACCS schism – includes related article on Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan

Sacramento Protesting California’s anti-affirmative action Proposition 209 and the general anti-Latino and anti-immigrant mood of the state and the country, the twenty-fourth annual National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) conference kicked off with a rally here late last month at the base of the state capitol.

Ed. Department, Congress Focus On Community College Transfer of Credit Problem

For low-income students, paying for college is hard enough without having to repeat courses. That’s why U.S. Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and many scholars are looking for answers that will help more students transfer credits when they move from one higher education institution to another.

Iowa colleges reach out to Hispanics

DES MOINES Iowa Several universities and colleges in Iowa are ready to add Spanish-language pages to their Web sites and buying Spanish radio ads to help recruit more Hispanic students.

An organization by any other name… – controversial name change of Hispanic Student Services at the University of New Mexico to “Centro de la Raza – includes related article

Controversy Flares Over University of New Mexico’s Centro de la Raza

HBCU leaders urge expansion of Title III and TRIO programs – Historically Black colleges and universities – Washington Update

Expansion of Title III aid to minority institutions and TRIO programs for disadvantaged youth emerged as top priorities at a December 17 public hearing on Higher Education Act (MEA) reauthorization in Washington, D.C.

Latino movement: a target for harassment? – student movement charges school administrations for deliberate harassment

Albuquerque–Members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA)–which translates to Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan– say their organization is being unfairly targeted by school administrations across the country. The harassment they are facing, says one student, “is like the 1960s, but with a 1990s twist.”

Education Department report: Eastern Michigan violated Clery Act

DETROIT A U.S. Department of Education review found that Eastern Michigan University’s handling of information about a student’s slaying violated the Clery Act, which says colleges and universities must disclose campus security information, the school announced Tuesday.

Leadership & Policy

NMSU Carlsbad branch names interim executive director

CARLSBAD N.M. A former community college president has been named interim executive director of New Mexico State University’s Carlsbad campus.

Hispanic Veterans Suing Over Texas Denial of Tuition Waver

DALLAS Two Texas veterans are challenging a state policy barring them from receiving college tuition waivers because they were legal residents but not yet U.S. citizens when they entered the service.

Making It Happen

Four Latinas discuss how they, against the odds, realized their higher education and professional dreams.

Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges

A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.

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