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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.

African-American

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.

Native American

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.

African-American

Civil Rights Commission Report Finds That HBCUs Do a Better Job of Graduating Black STEM Majors

Race-conscious admissions at elite institutions lead to academic “mismatch” for Black students, report says.

Gerald Reynolds

Native Americans

Native Americans Combat the Suicide Spirit

Tribal colleges are at the forefront of communitywide efforts to combat suicide with culturally relevant methods.

Student Wellbriety Walk

Early College Planning Essential for Latino Student Success, Experts Say

To ensure better college access and success for Latino students from low-income backgrounds, institutions should help them put together college plans as early as the eighth grade, according to experts at two Washington-area education events.

Latina graduates

African-American

Scholar Documents Historic Ties Between African-Americans and Native Americans

As an associate professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tiya Miles has emerged as a leading scholar of Cherokee-African American relations.

Faculty & Staff

Belmont University Faculty Wants Discussion of Sexual Identity Issues

Professors at Belmont University in Tennessee, where a gay soccer coach recently resigned, want a campus discussion of sexual identity issues.

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