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Commentary: The Asian Pacific American Paradox

While Asian Pacific Americans are no rarity on campus, they remain on the margins.

African-American

Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College

Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.

CSU Fullerton students

African-American

Black Music Month: The Beat Goes On

On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that June would be Black Music Month, and all the United States presidents since then have acknowledged the month-long observance.

NCORE Conference: Scholar Offers Perspectives on Inter-Minority Racism

During the 24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, educators examined not only race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, but intersections among them.

Leadership & Policy

NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs

Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.

African-American

MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program

Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.

Augustus Hawkins

African-American

Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need

The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.

Sickle cell testing

African-American

Michigan State University Commemorates Half-Century Partnership With African Nations

Michigan State University’s African Studies Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, which now engages with more than 150 faculty specialists from 45 departments throughout the university, including nursing, medicine and engineering.

Dr. James Pritchett

Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants

The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.

Illinois Rep. Edward Acevedo, D-Chicago

Leadership & Policy

FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster

HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Book Review: Examining the Hmong in America

Dr. Chia Youyee Vang, an assistant history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has produced a scholarly examination of the Hmong refugee experience.

Asian American Pacific Islander

UC Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu Withdraws Appellate Court Judgeship Bid

Amid unflinching Republican opposition, embattled judicial nominee Goodwin Liu has officially withdrawn his name for a federal post that many political and legal insiders have viewed as his stepping stone to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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