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Faculty & Staff

NSSE Data Helps Institutions Foster Minority Student Success

Founded 11 years ago at Indiana University, the National Survey of Student Engagement program has grown in size and influence. Its annual results are widely reported in the media.

Faculty & Staff

IUPUI Minority Students Pressure School to Improve Diversity Outreach

A minority student group’s lawsuit threat to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis for neglecting multicultural students’ needs has compelled the institution to reform its administration, community partnerships and curriculum.

African-American

Perspective: First Lady’s Spain Trip Stirs Up Reflections of America’s Past

It seemed surprising that two days before first lady Michelle Obama’s recent visit to Spain, the U.S. State Department removed a warning about Spain’s alleged treatment of African-American travelers.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Sasha Obama meet Spain’s King Juan Carlos. (AP photo by Manu Mielniezuk)

African-American

Education Trust Reports Divulge Minority College-graduation Rate Gaps

The Education Trust, a Washington-based education advocacy organization, released two reports Monday highlighting institutions that have highest and lowest comparative college success rates for African-Americans and Latinos.

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African-American

Obama Urges College Completion Agenda As Economic Imperative

Avoiding pronouncements on affirmative action and immigration reform, President Barack Obama touts college completion agenda during visit to the University of Texas at Austin on Monday.

President Barack Obama

Native Americans

Tribal Officials: Indian Education Needs Money

American Indian students could achieve more academically if their crumbling schools are fixed, more money is provided for teachers and supplies and tribes gain more control of what happens in classrooms, tribal officials said Friday at a congressional hearing.

Opinion: Recruiting Students of Color to Predominantly White Campuses

Despite the gains in minority student enrollment over the last four decades—Black and Hispanic students accounted for 13.1 and 11.4 percent, respectively, of enrollment at degree-granting institutions in 2007, up from 9.4 and 3.5 percent in 1976—students of color remain underrepresented at traditionally White institutions.

Dr. Dwight C. Watson is dean of the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa.

African-American

Effort Aims To Bridge Swimming Gap for Minorities

A study conducted by the University of Memphis and released in May showed 69 percent of Black children and 58 percent of Hispanic kids either had low or no swimming ability.

University of Memphis swim study

African-American

Poll: Identity, Blending in Important to Hispanics

An Associated Press-Univision poll shows that a significant percentage of Hispanics believe it is important to hold on to their unique identity even as they work to blend into American society.

Dr. Gary Segura, a Stanford University professor and authority on Latino politics, helped design the AP-Univision survey.

Veteran Journalist Pinkston Sees Bright Prospects for the News Profession

Encouraged by educators to become a reporter, CBS newsman Randall Pinkston says he’s optimistic about the news profession because of the promising student journalists he meets while guest lecturing at journalism schools.

CBS newsman Randall Pinkston

African-American

Texas Urged To Hire More Minority Teachers

Texas schools need to hire more Black and Hispanic teachers, especially as the enrollment of minority students continues to rise, experts say.

Federal Appeals Court Hears University of Texas Admissions Case

Two White students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.

5th Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham

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