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Native Americans

Dartmouth Removes Murals Considered Racist, Sexist

Murals at Dartmouth College that negatively depict Native Americans will be removed from the school and placed in storage at the nearby Hood Museum, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The Hovey Murals are four painted scenes from the 1930’s depicting the college’s founding. They include scenes now considered racist and sexist. According to reports, the murals show undressed […]

Feminism, Womanism and Election 2018

As we stand a month away from the midterm elections, we do so as a record number of women of color are running for office. Congressional candidates like Rashida Tliab of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas are poised to become the first American Indian women ever elected to Congress. Their entry would come over 190 years after Hiram Revels of the Lumbee tribe was elected as the first African -American and first American Indian to enter the legislature.

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In Defense of Affirmative Action

The most recent battle in the war against affirmative action is being brought by Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University. What is striking about the Harvard case is — unlike previous suits which involved White plaintiffs — this suit is being brought on behalf of its Asian American members who claim they were denied admission to Harvard due to their race. Will this be the battle that finally brings down affirmative action?

UHD Receives Nearly $3M for Transfer Student Success

The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) recently received a $2.748 million Title V grant to support its “Accelerated Transfer Program,” which will provide transfer students with enhanced advising, coaching and clear pathways to complete their bachelor’s degrees. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program will also support UHD’s Accelerated Transfer […]

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$2.5 Milllion Grant to Aid Students at Notre Dame de Namur U.

A $2.5 million Title V grant was awarded to Notre Dame de Namur University in California to support programs for Latinx, transfer and first-generation-to-college students, according to university officials. The U.S. Department of Education grant will be dispersed over a course of five years to fund the college’s STARS (Success in Transfer and Retention for Students) […]

Native Americans

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Observed at Montana State

Montana State University celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Bozeman on Monday, according to a report from KRTV in Great Falls, Montana. More than 100 people attended the celebration, including Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus who said the community should be safe and welcoming for students and others of all backgrounds. The college, which was established 125 […]

Asian American Pacific Islander

Remembering Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, Champion of Affirmative Action

This past week, I was moved by the memorial for the late Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. The first Asian American to head a major research university, University of California Berkeley, which he led from 1990 to 1997, he was remembered again on the tenth anniversary of the naming of an East Asian Library in his honor.

HACU Leaders Focus on Internationalization, Immigration Reform

Conversations on the importance of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) internationalizing their campuses, advocacy for DREAMers and collaborative partnerships between other minority-serving institutions for Hispanic student success filled the final day of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ Annual Conference.

Conference Focuses on Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success

As Latino students enter higher education at increasing rates, ensuring their success through student support and inclusive campus cultures is a growing priority, according to higher education leaders at this year’s Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 32nd Annual Conference.

Native Americans

UNC Pembroke Awarded $1.1M to Support American Indian School Administrators

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) School of Education recently received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of American Indian administrators in the state’s public school districts with a large American Indian student population, university officials said. The five-year grant will support the First Americans’ […]

López Cultivates Community in the Heart of Chicago

Dr. Ignacio López, an up-and-coming Hispanic leader in education, knows what it means to be community-minded.

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Mexican-American Professor Aims to Be ‘Agent of Ethnic Mobility’

She was born to a mother who left school after the third grade to work. Her late father attended school in a one-room adobe house in the mountains of Mexico, but never finished.

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