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Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.

Faculty & Staff

Minority College Presidents Share Their Stories

Along with the former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Drs. Sidney Ribeau of Howard University and Tomas Morales of the College of Staten Island, CUNY, shared insights Thursday with National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education attendees about how they positioned themselves to become college presidents.

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Public Policy Takes Center Stage at Race and Ethnicity Conference

Organizers of the 2010 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education used proximity to Washington, D.C. to invite the heads of leading education advocacy organizations and to schedule policy presentations for conference attendees.

University of Maryland System Chancellor William Kirwan

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San Francisco Mayor Wants College Accounts for Kindergartners

Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to create college savings accounts for all of San Francisco’s kindergartners and make small initial deposits to get them started – even as the city grapples with a massive budget shortfall.

African-American

Interracial Marriage Still Rising But at Slower Pace Than 1990s

The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000 to about 4.5 million, according to the latest census figures. While still growing, that number is a marked drop-off from the 65 percent increase between 1990 and 2000.

The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000 to about 4.5 million, according to the latest census figures.

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GAO Again Recommends Better Oversight of Grants to Minority Serving Institutions

Since 2004, the Government Accountability Office has been telling the U.S. Department of Education that it needs to improve the way it monitors and provides technical assistance to Title III and Title V grantees.

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Advocates Question Whether Administration’s Proposals Will Leave Minority Institutions Behind

Plans by the Obama administration to consolidate dozens of education, science and community-development programs of interest to communities of color continue to draw concerns from the president’s allies and adversaries alike.

Collaboration Among USC Researchers, Western States Seeks To Spur Minority College Success

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the USC Center for Urban Education are partnering to improve policies that measure and increase the college success of underrepresented minority students.

David Longanecker is president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. (photo courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

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Tennis Stars Put Hearts Into Vegas Charter School

It’s been a tough year at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, with looming budget issues. But retired tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf say they’re excited for 19 high school seniors set to graduate June 12.

Andre Agassi and students

Leadership & Policy

Texas State Board of Education Approves Controversial Social Studies Curriculum Changes

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was among those who implored board members to take more time to consider the new standards, which diminish civil rights and American slavery.

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Opinion: Ethnic Studies is Valuable for All Americans

Contrary to the fears and charges that ethnic studies divides and incites the overthrow of our government, it attempts to critically examine the nexus of events, peoples and consequences of actions by individuals, states and the nation itself.

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Leadership & Policy

N.C. County School Board Ends Diversity Policy

Law professor Danielle Holley-Walker, an expert on public school integration in the South, says North Carolina’s Wake County had been viewed as a national model because its diversity policy helped integrate schools using socio-economic factors instead of race.

North Carolina NAACP president William Barber said the NAACP would consider filing federal civil rights complaints over the Wake County school board ending its diversity policy.

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