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New College Board Research on Young Men of Color Stirs Demand for Action

While a panel discussion held by The College Board on Capitol Hill this week was meant to highlight a new report on the lagging rates of educational attainment among non-White men, some of the panelists questioned the need for more research on the subject.

Pennsylvania Legislation Seeks In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants would qualify for the less expensive in-state tuition rates at Pennsylvania universities if they meet residency requirements included in proposed legislation introduced Monday.

Pa. state Rep. Tony Payton Jr.

Averting Deportation, Undocumented Student Realizes DREAM

After political intervention by federal officials leads to withdrawal of deportation order, community college graduate pursues studies to become civil engineer.

Mariano Cardoso

College Mentoring for Access and Persistence Program Gives Graduating High School Seniors a Boost

What started as a group of high school students who stopped by for pizza and soft drinks at a monthly meeting with mentors from the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young has turned into the College MAP program’s first cohort of polished college-bound seniors.

College MAP program

African-American

New Bill Targets College Access, Academic Success in Low-Income Areas

Education leaders in the U.S. Senate want to promote college success in low-income communities through a new “cradle-to-career” educational support program in the nation’s highest poverty neighborhoods.

Geoffrey Canada

N.J. Student Aid Bid Rejected Due to Mom’s Immigration Status

An American-born high school student from New Jersey has been denied state tuition assistance because her mother is an undocumented immigrant, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

More Hispanic Students Finishing High School

The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and don’t have an equivalent degree was 22 percent in 2008, down from 34 percent in 1998.

Diversity Still Matters in Michigan

Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.

Affirmative action supporter

African-American

Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College

Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.

CSU Fullerton students

Leadership & Policy

NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs

Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.

African-American

MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program

Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.

Augustus Hawkins

Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants

The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.

Illinois Rep. Edward Acevedo, D-Chicago

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