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A Leader Among Leaders

Miami Dade President Eduardo Padrón heads presidential advisory panels on Latino education while also serving as chairman of the American Council on Education board of directors.

Dr. Eduardo Padron

Asian American Pacific Islander

Ellis Island Immigration Museum to Document the ‘Peopling’ of the U.S.

The Peopling of America Center will be rolled out in two phases, with the first chronicling migration patterns before 1892 and the second documenting post-1954 migration.

Faculty & Staff

Course Correction at FAMU

Florida A&M University president James Ammons takes bold action to mitigate financial crises at the historically Black Tallahassee-based university.

African-American

Henry Louis Gates Explores Black Culture in Latin America

“Black in Latin America” is the companion book to the PBS television series Henry Louis Gates Jr. produced tracing the legacy of slavery in six Caribbean and Latin American nations.

Henry Louis Gates

African-American

NAACP Sees Education as Key to Boosting Black Men

Education is the key to breaking Black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said last week at the close of the annual NAACP convention.

African-American

Texas Higher Education Enrollment Topped 1.5 Million in 2010

Texas is in line to meet the 2015 higher education enrollment goal of 1.65 million students, but the state must work harder to encourage minorities to pursue advanced degrees, according to the state’s higher education commissioner.

Raymund Paredes

Brazil to Send 100,000 Science Students Abroad

Brazil will grant 100,000 scholarships for university students to study abroad as the rapidly developing nation tries to boost the country’s competitiveness, officials said Tuesday.

Aloizio Mercadante

Asian American Pacific Islander

Gov. Jerry Brown Nominates Scholar Goodwin Liu to California High Court

A California law professor was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the second-highest court in the country.

African-American

Ohio Educator Frank Hale Dies

Longtime educator and civil rights activist Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr., vice president emeritus at Ohio State University, died Wednesday at 84, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

African-American

Making the Work of Black Scientists Accessible to the Public

With compelling video interviews of the nation’s top African-American scientists telling their life stories, the ScienceMakers website helps further the mission of increasing African-Americans, women, and other minorities in STEM professions.

Julieanna Richardson

African-American

Wealth Gap Widens Between Whites, Minorities

The wealth gaps between Whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century.

Forum: Digital Divide Could Leave Latinos Further Behind in Education, Jobs

Panelists at a Tuesday forum held by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) suggested that lack of broadband Internet access could hinder the progress of Latinos living in the U.S.

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