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DREAM Act Blocked in Senate

Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the military.

Reaching Out to Diverse Students with Mental Health Services

Perspectives: Reaching diverse students with critical mental health services requires innovative and culturally competent outreach.

Curriculum Reform at UT-Galveston Medical School Yields Improved Minority Student Board Results

The UT Medical Branch at Galveston has developed an approach that faculty members say have had a remarkable effect on its students’ performance on the medical board exam.

Morehouse medical school president Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr.

College President Tackles Student Persistence, Campus Expansion

Helping students persist to graduation at Hispanic-serving New Jersey City University is a priority for Dr. Carlos Hernández.

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Black Segregation in U.S. Drops to Lowest in Century

America’s neighborhoods took large strides toward racial integration in the last decade as Blacks and Whites chose to live near each other at the highest levels in a century.

With Dream Act Shelved, Immigrants Look to 2012

The undocumented immigrants who more than a decade ago were just teens hoping to forge a legal path to citizenship are vowing to make the Dream Act a campaign issue come 2012.

Keeping Latino Religion Scholars Faithful to the Classroom

The Princeton Theological Seminary’s Hispanic Theological Initiative helps Latino doctoral students launch careers as religion scholars.

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Southern University System Proceeds With Streamlining Amid Budget Crunch

Ronald Mason, the new president of the Southern University System, says he’s moving forward with campus campaigns amid stiff budget reductions.

Ronald Mason Jr.

Garden State Abandons Minority Doctoral Program

New Jersey Legislature defunds the Minority Academic Careers program, making financing doctoral study a heavier burden for minority students.

Jackson State’s NAACP Chapter Has First White President

The president of the Mississippi NAACP says the selection of a White man to lead one of the organization’s chapters shows its real mission to represent more than one race.

Native Americans

American Indian Museum Still Facing Criticism for Historical Inaccuracies

Native American activists, scholars lead collaborative effort to address sins of omission at the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Native Americans

Book Review: Lending Credibility to the Oral Tradition

Native American scholar validates indigenous oral history as a source of academic information with book exploring the murder of a famed Ojibwe chief.

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