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African-American

Black History Month Book Special, Part II

DiverseEducation.com commemorates Black History Month with a three-part book review series, spanning a wide array of African-American-themed history and culture volumes.

Montpelier book

Educators Seek Out More Minorities to Study Abroad

Educators want more minority students to study abroad because the experience is seen as crucial to student development, yet minority participation badly lags their overall presence on college campuses.

Leadership & Policy

La. Regents’ Racial Makeup Factors in SUNO-UNO Merger Push

The Louisiana state constitution requires the board to reflect the racial and gender makeup of the state, which is about 37 percent minority.

Demetrius Sumner

U.S. Banker to Match Immigrants’ College Savings

The group promises that if families save $1,500 by the time a child graduates from high school, it will match that amount.

Helping Nurture STEM Talent Inspires Harvard Administrator

Native American scholar learned a great deal from his mother, whom he describes as an ethnobotanist who was able to identify and collect plants to use as food and medicine for her children and the family’s animals.

African-American

Islam’s Connection to Black America, U.S. Slavery Explored in Mississippi Conferences

More than three dozen scholars, religious leaders and community activists examined the influences of West African Islam on the world, how slavery has impacted American culture, and the ties between slavery and Islam.

North Dakota House Panel Says University Must Keep Fighting Sioux Name

The House Education Committee voted to support legislation that says UND must keep its nickname and a logo that shows the profile of an American Indian warrior.

Campus Racial Flaps Dog Alabama Despite Progress

Months after the university unveiled a plaza and clock tower named for its earliest Black students, the campus was swamped with unwelcome attention after a White student was disciplined for yelling racial slurs.

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House Republicans Slash $61B in Continuing Resolution

An amendment barring the Department of Education’s proposed gainful employment regulation passed by a vote of 289-136.

House Republicans Slash $61B in Continuing Resolution

An amendment barring the Department of Education’s proposed gainful employment regulation passed by a vote of 289-136.

Lower Maryland College Tuition Sought for Undocumented Immigrant Children

To be eligible, students must attend two years of high school in Maryland, and their parents pay one year of income taxes before the student graduates from a Maryland high school.

African-American

Census Estimates Show Blacks Moving South

The Southern U.S. region – primarily metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami and Charlotte, N.C. – accounted for roughly 75 percent of the population gains among Blacks since 2000.

Isabel Wilkerson

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