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Mass. Immigrant Tuition Bill to Get New Push

The failure of Massachusetts, a left-leaning state that was the first to legalize gay marriage and the only so far to require health insurance for all its residents, to pass a bill allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students is a source of frustration for advocates.

Faculty & Staff

LASTWORD: Tending to Diversity at an HBCU

Diversity acquires a new meaning and perspective at historically Black colleges and universities, where African- Americans are the majority and others are in the minority.

Asian American Pacific Islander

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Obama Restores Asian American Initiative

Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Schools Shun Kindle, Saying Blind Can’t Use It

Amazon’s Kindle can read books aloud, but if you’re blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Tribal Nations Conference

Duncan addresses reasons why students struggle and proposes ways to help Native American students, starting at the preschool level.

Faculty & Staff

Publishing in Peril

Recent state budget cuts in education leave some university publishers pinched.

Dr. Francisco Jimenez

Grambling President Makes Abrupt Departure

Citing family member’s illness, Dr. Horace Judson leaves top post at cash-strapped historically Black Louisiana university.

Dr. Horace Judson

Native Americans

Tribal Leaders: ‘We Need to be Respected’

Before the largest gathering of tribal leaders in U.S. history Thursday, President Barack Obama pledged $50 million in funding for tribal colleges and vowed his administration would work to address problems facing Native Americans, from health disparities to economic development.

Tribal Nations Conference

African-American

Confinement Too Costly For Middle-class Black Women

When Dr. Lisa B. Thompson names modern women who fit the iconic “Black lady” mold – Coretta Scott King, Anita Hill, Condoleezza Rice and Michelle Obama – you know exactly whom she is trying to liberate. Chances are your mother played this role. You probably do, too, if you are a Black woman involved in higher education.

Dr. Lisa Thompson

Native Americans

Obama To Host Nation-To-Nation Conference

President Barack Obama on Thursday will host the White House Tribal Nations Conference, meeting with representatives from the 564 federally recognized tribes.

African-American

New Hampshire Scholar-Lawmaker Wants Monument to Slaves

Dr. David Watters, a state representative from Dover, N.H. and English professor at the University of New Hampshire, has introduced legislation that would authorize a monument to acknowledge and commemorate New Hampshire’s slaves.

Dr. David Watters

African-American

Census: ‘Brain Gains’ for High-Tech Cities

Passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, college graduates are fueling population growth in urban, high-tech meccas, such as Charlotte, N.C. and Austin, Texas.

Charlotte Skyline

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