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Asian American Pacific Islander

Report: Asian American Academic Achievement in California Lags Heavily Within Certain Subgroups

Despite the pervasive nature of the “model minority” myth, members of certain Asian ethnicities in California have disproportionate rates of never finishing high school, especially if they’re poor or speak limited English, University of California researchers say.

African-American

Mississippi Still Lacks Civil Rights Museum

Mississippi bred some of the worst violence of the civil rights era, yet nearly a half-century after a barrage of atrocities pricked the conscience of America, it’s one of the few civil rights battleground states with no museum to commemorate the era.

Leadership & Policy

Christopher Brown Named New President of Alcorn State

Fisk University provost has been named president of Alcorn State University in Mississippi.

Leonard Sandridge

African-American

The Unreported Economic Depression in Black America

This is a classic Depression for Black America, and few appear to be paying attention. Just look at the numbers.

Native Americans

Pennsylvania Museum Ordered to Return Alaskan Tribal Artifacts

For the first time, the federal repatriation review committee must resolve a bitter ownership dispute between museum, Native Alaskan tribe.

Shakee.at headdress

Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia

While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.

George Henderson

African-American

Lomotey Stuns Southern University-Baton Rouge by Resigning as Chancellor

More than two years ago, Dr. Kofi Lomotey arrived at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus with much fanfare and high expectations. So how did it all go wrong?

Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders

The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.

Leadership & Policy

Gov. Says He Wants UMass Head With National Heft

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick wants the next president of the University of Massachusetts system to have “broad wings” and experience in national academic circles.

African-American

Miss. College Board Names Top HBCU Presidential Candidates

The preferred candidates to lead two of Mississippi’s historically Black universities have executive experience at HBCUs in other states and are prepared to lead schools with distinct academic missions, state College Board members say.

Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy

Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parents’ academic peer.

Dr. Imani Perry

Lone Latina Senator in Mass. Defends Tuition Plan

Massachusetts’ only Latina state senator defended a state proposal last week to grant in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants and accused critics of the plan of spreading “fiction.”

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