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Scholarship and Activism Help Cultivate Community Farming Movement

Often assisted by local colleges, farming initiatives in small-town and urban communities teach residents to combat their lack of healthy food resources by growing their own nutritious produce.

Dr. Owusu Bandele is a retired professor of sustainable agriculture and animal production at the Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.

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South Carolina HBCU Board Reinstates Fired President

The South Carolina State University trustee board has rehired the president it ousted on June 15.

Dr. George E. Cooper was reinstated as president of South Carolina State University.

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President Obama Calls for Bipartisan Immigration Reform

At American University, President Barack Obama called for bipartisan action on immigration reform, outlining essential elements of a comprehensive reform package, without setting timetables or introducing new policies.

President Barack Obama at American University (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

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Report: Harvard Scholar’s Arrest at Home Avoidable

A Harvard scholar and the police sergeant who arrested him last July after a confrontation outside his home both missed opportunities to “ratchet down” the situation and end the encounter more calmly, according to a review of the case released Wednesday.

Henry Louis Gates

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Affirmative Action Advocates Consider Recession’s Impact on Diversity

At a national meeting of affirmative action advocates, higher education and corporate officials agreed that institutions of all types must be proactive to prevent the faltering economy from overly impacting one or more underrepresented groups.

African-American

Texas Southern Released from Accreditation Probation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges has released Texas Southern University from a probation that had been attached to the school’s accreditation status dating back to December 2007.

African-American

National Scholarship Program Rewards Academically Talented Black Students

The Ron Brown Scholars program provides financial and moral support for low-income yet high-achieving students of color with many attending elite institutions.

Ron Brown Scholars

Asian American Pacific Islander

Higher Education Summit on Asian and Pacific Americans Convened

More than 400 students, scholars and community leaders attended the daylong Washington summit, whose speakers included Kiran Ahuja, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Robert Teranishi

African-American

Grambling Selects New President

Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Advocates Work To Develop Asian Pacific American-serving Higher Education Sector

Eight institutions have obtained the federal designation of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, a new category that recognizes schools where 10 percent or more of the student body are Asian American or Pacific Islander.

Native Americans

American Indians Grow Wary of Genetics Research

In the wake of the Havasupai-Arizona State University genetics research dispute, some tribes have opted out of participating in genetics research projects.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Spreading the Word on Asian American Diversity

Kiran Ahuja, a former litigator and an alumnus of a historically Black college, leads the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Kiran Ahuja is the executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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