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Obama Naming Hispanics to Top Posts at Record Pace

More than half of the Hispanic appointees, whose jobs required Senate confirmation, hold an Ivy League degree, and more than a quarter, like the president, have a diploma from Harvard, an Associated Press review found.

President Obama and Justice Sotomayor

African-American

Like Du Bois, UPenn Scholar Has Focused on Interdisciplinary Work

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Endowed Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, has found a way to hone all of his academic interests without forcing himself to choose one discipline over another.

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

African-American

Scholar Renders Deft History of Civil Rights Era

Historian Andrew B. Lewis chronicles the roles of a band of young people who gave new direction and courage to the civil rights movement in The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation.

The Shadows of Youth

Civil Rights Commission Probes Possible Gender Bias at Colleges

A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender discrimination in college admissions will subpoena data from more than a dozen mid-Atlantic universities, officials said Thursday.

Immigration Reform Next for Obama Cabinet

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took a page from their personal histories in making an economic argument for why immigration reform should be the next domestic agenda item for President Barack Obama’s administration.

Members of Georgetown University’s MEChA organization

Leadership & Policy

Quid Pro Quo Deal Allows Lincoln to Renovate Its Image

Lincoln University gave up ‘control’ of a prized art collection, gaining a chance to remake its campus.

Lincoln University President Ivory Nelson says the institution will be the “center of attraction” to local residents once its renovation is completed.

HBCUs a Bargain Compared with Other Private Colleges, UNCF Says

Applications are on the increase at many private Black colleges, the United Negro College Fund says, and one factor may be their lower tuitions compared with other small private colleges and universities.

UNCF president and CEO Michael Lomax

Changing the Measures of Success for HBCUs

Public HBCUs want institutional graduation rates to reflect social and economic obstacles borne by their disadvantaged students.

African-American

Dispelling HIV/AIDS Myths in Black Community

Claudia Pryor’s documentary explores the attitudes and awareness among Black youth in Pittsburgh about HIV/AIDS that will be the basis of a new curricula to dispel the myths surrounding Blacks with the disease

African-American

No Laughing Matter

Comedian Bill Cosby spreads his message for Black families through town hall meetings, social networking Web sites and hip-hop.

Mentorship Program Empowers Asian-American Students at Penn

PAACH connects Asian-American studies to student life at the University of Pennsylvania

June Chu (left)

SOUL SURVIVOR

A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple\’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade beset by a lingering faculty rift.

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