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Rhode Island Governor Blasted over Undocumented Immigrant Tuition

Some 500 critics of Gov. Lincoln Chafee and a new policy allowing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at Rhode Island’s public colleges rallied Wednesday at the Statehouse, saying he is making the state a “sanctuary” for those who came to the United States illegally.

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VCU Launches Project on Massive Resistance

Virginia Commonwealth University is launching an oral-history project that explores the Massive Resistance policy in Virginia during the 1950s and ‘60s.

Pioneering Law Professor Derrick Bell Dies

Derrick Bell, the first Black professor at Harvard Law School and an uncompromising advocate for social justice, has died at age 80.

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White House Black College Leader Urges Development of HBCU Online Programs

HBCUs and the online learning community need to become “more married” to reach more African-American students, said Dr. John S. Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

DREAM Advocates: Guarded Optimism on New Immigration Policy

A recently issued immigration directive from the Obama administration could pave the way for more undocumented students to stay in the United States but falls short of the much-discussed DREAM Act offering such youth a pathway to citizenship, experts say.

Vermont Law, Long a Holdout, Lifting Military Ban

The policy barring military recruiters dated from the mid-1980s, years before the Clinton administration adopted the policy that became known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 1993.

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Philosophy Professor Still Teaching after More than 60 Years at Texas Southern

A Texas Southern University professor of philosophy since 1949 and an educator for 66 years, 91-year old Dr. Thomas Freeman has taught and influenced generations of college students.

Undocumented Students Face Obstacles Even After College

Many undocumented college students, and recent college graduates, have no immediate pathway to legal status and, under current federal immigration law, employers cannot legally hire them.

Perspective: Hispanic Students at a Crossroads

More federal investments needed to ensure viability of HSIs, writes Dr. Antonio Flores, president and CEO of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

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New House Bill Cuts Funds for HBCUs, Others

Funding for the Title III Strengthening HBCUs program would drop from $236 million to $152 million; Hispanic-serving institutions would face the largest cutback, as funding would fall from the $104 million to just $17 million in 2012.

Top 100 Degree Producers, 2014

For several years now, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has produced the Top 100 Degree Producers rankings of the institutions that confer the most degrees to minority students. Click the link above to discover the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color. Ranked institutions are searchable by institution name, state, discipline or race/ethnicity of graduates.

Commentary: The Research-Practice Gap – Diversity Predicts Performance

With executives and managers being warned that they must change their organizational cultures and practices to attract and retain younger workers, diversity experts David Kravitz and Renee Yuengling offer some insight.

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