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Census Undercount Feared in Poorest U.S. Areas

As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares to wrap up its door-to-door count across the country next week, there are some who worry many may have been missed.

U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. (photo courtesy of Center for American Progress)

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Coast Guard Cadet Diversity Surges With Minority Wave

Swabs, or cadets, from racial and ethnic minority groups make up 24 percent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Class of 2014—the second highest percentage in the school’s history, surpassed only by one class that was a percentage point higher.

Cadets participate in flag ceremony at the Coast Guard Academy.

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Scholarship and Activism Help Cultivate Community Farming Movement

Often assisted by local colleges, farming initiatives in small-town and urban communities teach residents to combat their lack of healthy food resources by growing their own nutritious produce.

Dr. Owusu Bandele is a retired professor of sustainable agriculture and animal production at the Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.

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President Obama Calls for Bipartisan Immigration Reform

At American University, President Barack Obama called for bipartisan action on immigration reform, outlining essential elements of a comprehensive reform package, without setting timetables or introducing new policies.

President Barack Obama at American University (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

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Affirmative Action Advocates Consider Recession’s Impact on Diversity

At a national meeting of affirmative action advocates, higher education and corporate officials agreed that institutions of all types must be proactive to prevent the faltering economy from overly impacting one or more underrepresented groups.

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Advocates Work To Develop Asian Pacific American-serving Higher Education Sector

Eight institutions have obtained the federal designation of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, a new category that recognizes schools where 10 percent or more of the student body are Asian American or Pacific Islander.

Assessing Arizona

Three Mexican-American scholars discuss Arizona’s immigration law and its ramifications on the state’s colleges and universities.

Immigration reform and DREAM Act rally in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

Officials: Harvard Student Will Not Be Deported

An undocumented Harvard University student is no longer facing deportation to Mexico after being detained nearly two weeks ago by immigration authorities at a Texas airport.

Georgia Colleges Working To Verify Students’ Status

Georgia’s 35 colleges and universities are working to carry out a mandate from their governing body and verify the citizenship status of nearly 316,000 students by mid-August.

Faculty & Staff

New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs

A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.

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Policy Summit Tackles Changing U.S. Demographics

During a National Journal policy summit on demographics and the workforce of the future, it was pointed out that 65 percent of the population is White, compared to 70 percent in 2000 and 80 percent in 1980. Generation Y, aged 30 and under, is two-fifths non-White.

Panelists Jane West, Martin Gould, and Sally Scott

Higher Education Organizations Form Coalition to Seek DREAM Act Passage

The Hispanic Association of Colleges Universities (HACU) has taken the lead in uniting 25 national higher education organizations in an effort to help bring DREAM Act legislation to final votes before Congress’ August recess.

Immigration reform and DREAM Act rally in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

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