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College Prep Summer Programs Target Talented, Low-Income Students

Elite colleges team up to give talented yet impoverished youths the skills necessary to apply, gain admission and thrive at the nation’s most selective higher education institutions.

African-American

National Report Card Shows Only a Third of Country’s Fourth- and Eighth-Graders Proficient in Reading and Math

The numbers were even more dire for African-American and Hispanic students, whose proficiency rates ranged from 24 percent to as low as 13 percent.

Latino Education Summit Convened, 2011 Obama Scholars Named by Hispanic Scholarship Fund

The Obama Scholars program was created after President Barack Obama donated $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund from his Nobel Peace Prize award in 2009.

Congressman John Conyers Urges Hearings on College Sports

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel to hold hearings on antitrust and other issues in college sports, including the recent series of conference realignments.

Univision Calls Latinos to Action with “Educate Yourself, the Moment Is Now” Campaign

On Oct. 16, Univision Networks kicked off, “Edúcate, Es el Momento” (Educate Yourself, The Moment Is Now), a seven-day multiplatform initiative to promote Hispanic educational attainment.

African-American

Groups Mobilize To Stop Cuts for Minority-Serving Schools

Many of the nation’s leading higher education groups are urging Congress to reject a House of Representatives plan that would cut spending for Black, Hispanic-serving, tribal and other minority-serving colleges by more than 40 percent next year.

The STEM Issue Branches Out to the Funny Pages

So, with all of the strength that a child can muster, Gracie — a Hispanic little girl — charged into the STEM arena. In the July 18 Baldo comic strip, which was carried by 200 newspapers, she matter-of-factly mentioned to Tia Carmen that she would focus on a “STEM area of study” when she went to college.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Report Provides Close Look at Diversity Among Asian American, Pacific Islander Students

College and university leaders should pay greater attention to the demographics of the growing number of their Asian-American and Pacific Islander students, a national commission urges.

Texas University Breaking Ties With Community College

University of Texas at Brownsville to part ways with Texas Southmost College, ending unusual 20-year partnership.

‘New Orleans in the Hamptons’ Raises College Scholarship Funds

Foundation fundraiser hosted by Soledad O’Brien and husband Brad Raymond brought movers and shakers together to lend a hand to college students.

U.S.-Mexico Border Journalism Project Continues To Train Hispanics in Writing and Reporting

Borderzine is approaching its fifth anniversary with much to celebrate about its efforts to train aspiring Hispanic journalists using the populations on both sides of the nation’s 2,000-mile border with Mexico as its practical classroom.

Rhode Island Governor Blasted over Undocumented Immigrant Tuition

Some 500 critics of Gov. Lincoln Chafee and a new policy allowing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at Rhode Island’s public colleges rallied Wednesday at the Statehouse, saying he is making the state a “sanctuary” for those who came to the United States illegally.

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