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African-American

‘One Florida’ Plan Harmed Minority Enrollment

A newspaper analysis suggests former Gov. Jeb Bush’s decision to abolish affirmative action in college admissions has hurt minority enrollment. The Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday that Black college enrollment has failed to keep pace with the number of minorities graduating high school.

Census Ads Seek to Boost Minority Participation

Ads promoting Census 2010 participation are appearing in 28 languages this year, up from 17 in 2000. Although minority groups make up just 26 percent of the population, more than half of the bureau’s $140 million ad-placement budget is going to campaigns that target them.

Television host James Brown participated in the U.S. Census Bureau’s launch of the 2010 Census national advertising campaign in Washington.

Report: HSIs Key to Spurring Latino Movement Through STEM Pipeline

A Center for Urban Education (CUE) report argues that reversing the historic underfunding of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) will increase the number of Latino students going into the science and technology fields.

In 2007, Latinos were awarded just 8.2 percent of STEM bachelor’s degrees.

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges Appreciate Attention, Need Money

Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for attention from the Obama administration but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them keep up with demand, let alone meet ambitious goals to make the U.S. the global leader in college graduates again by 2020.

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African-American

Minority-focused STEM Funding Plan Raises Equity Concerns

A debate has emerged over science programs at minority-serving institutions and how best to prepare more students of color for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Loss of guaranteed funding and potential increased competition for NSF grants jeopardizes MSI programs, advocates say.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

Bipartisan Effort Vowed on Congressional Review of ‘No Child’ Law

Congressional leaders vow bipartisan cooperation in revising the K-12 law, while associations push changes they consider essential to minority student success.

Michael Wotorson

Census Campaign Targets Tech-savvy Hispanic Youth

Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.

Wilmer Valderrama

Student Loan Reform Changes Necessary To Avert Pell Grant Crisis, Advocates Say

House approval of a student loan reform plan will help alleviate a potential crisis in the Pell Grant program as growing numbers of low-income students seek to access the program during this recession, higher education advocates say.

Amid Bitter Health Care Debate, House Clears Student Loan Changes

After months of delays as education took a back seat to the health care debate, the House of Representatives Sunday night approved a mammoth bill that ties both issues together in a package that includes more support for Pell Grants and minority-serving institutions.

Report: Low Hispanic College Completion Rates Endanger U.S. Attainment Goals

Hispanic college students generally graduate at lower rates than their White peers, even among schools with similar admissions standards, according to an American Enterprise Institute study.

Students honored during La Celebración Latina, a celebratory program that highlights Latino graduates at the University of Michigan

Opinion: The Proposed NSF Broadening Participation Budget—A Lingering Odor

In congressional testimony, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden Bement voiced support for the Obama administration’s 8-percent increase in the NSF FY 2011 budget to $7.42 billion. The words were earnest, but, for communities supported by the Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate, the increase smells of a skunk.

Dr. Daryl E. Chubin is director of the Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Obama’s Education Law Overhaul To Focus on College

The Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessor’s No Child Left Behind education law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of U.S. schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.

Daniel Domenech

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