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UDC to Study Monument Proposal for African-American Military Hero

The University of the District of Columbia is studying the cost of erecting a monument to honor Col. Charles Young — a pioneering Black military leader who supporters say is often overlooked.

Col. Charles Young

Legal Eagle Helps Florida International Law Grads Soar

Law school dean Alex Acosta has not hesitated to call upon some of the many attorneys he knew in his pre-FIU years to ask them to seriously consider his Florida International University students for opportunities.

Sweeping New Immigration Laws in Georgia and Alabama Impact Migrant Labor Trends

Among findings from Dr. Cesar Escalante’s studies is that as the foreign labor supply, chiefly undocumented Latinos, has declined, 67 percent of surveyed Southern state farmers reported having difficulty finding workers.

Cesar Escalante

African-American

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Take Obama Critique on the Road

Black activists Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning a 15-city “Poverty Tour” to bring attention to the needy and to what they say are the failings of President Barack Obama.

African-American

Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions

University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.

Marybeth Gasman

Births, Not New immigrants, Push U.S. Latino Growth

With immigration slowing, babies born in the U.S. rather than newly arrived Mexican immigrants are now driving most of the fast growth in the Latino population.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Blood Detective

University of California, Irvine hematologist Dr. Jae Chang specializes in blood cell analysis to diagnose obscure, complex disorders that stymie or get missed by many physicians.

African-American

N.J. Governor Chris Christie, Education Reformer Geoffrey Canada Announce Partnership

Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone engages community partners to develop a holistic, or comprehensive, approach to K-12 education that emphasizes college graduation as the students’ long-term goal.

Geoffrey Canada

Faculty & Staff

Talented Young Black Scholars Find an Open Path to Ivy League

With the influx of a new generation of highly trained Black Ph.D.s, Ivy League institutions are aggressively courting these young scholars fresh out of graduate school.

Keisha-Khan Perry

Study Looks at School Discipline in Texas

Almost 60 percent of Texas public school students received punishments ranging from expulsion to in-school suspensions at least once between seventh and 12th grades, according to a new Texas A&M study.

African-American

Official: Luther College Student Warned of Death on Frantic Call

Authorities have declined for months to release key details about the death of Luther College student Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah. But Winneshiek County Attorney Andy Van Der Maaten provided the most complete account yet of the investigation during an interview with The Associated Press.

Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah

African-American

State Colleges Seeking More Out-of-State, International Students Amid Fiscal Crunch

For state institutions, the monetary incentive of affluent students paying higher tuition could squeeze out low-income minorities.

Barmak Nassirian

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