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Native Americans

American Indian Educator Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Henrietta Mann, Professor Emeritus in Native American studies at Montana State University, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Indian Education Association.

Advocates: Economic Stimulus Needed for Education Too

Education groups join chorus of industries asking for government help that will create school repair jobs and keep students enrolled in college.

A SPACE OF THEIR OWN

Ethnic-themed dorms offer a supportive environment for minorities, but critics say they stunt personal growth by promoting self-segregation.

African-American

Beating the At-risk Odds

Family approach credited as key to Silas Craft Collegians Program’s success.

DRASTIC MEASURES FOR DIFFICULT TIMES

Hit hard by the global financial crisis, colleges are cutting their budgets in ways that prompt fears about access and retention for minority students.

Foe of Bilingual/Immigration Reforms Exits Congress

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, made headlines clashing with Democrats and his fellow Republicans.

Coalition Urges Fixes for Dropout Crisis

Education policies that hold high schools accountable and give schools the resources to adequately prepare students for college and the modern workforce are necessary to improve graduation rates, reverse dropout trends, and strengthen the economy, according to a coalition of educational reform and civil rights groups.

Iowa Educators Address College Success for Latinos

Schools and colleges can make attending college and succeeding at it a realizable goal for Latino students, but educators and policy makers need to do more to help them, according to a collaborative report from Iowa scholars and a national group of Hispanic educators.

Oklahoma Task Force Considers Its Future

A task force created by the Legislature to advance the cause of educating Hispanic students is struggling with its identity and its future.

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African-American

Tracking the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Via the Web

What took shape in the 1970s as data collections on the trans-Atlantic slave trade stored on mainframe computers has made its way to a world-wide audience as an interactive and searchable database on the Internet.

Native Americans

Arizona Tribe’s Suit Over Research Revived

An Arizona appeals court panel ruled that the Havasupai American Indian tribe can proceed with a lawsuit that claims university researchers misused blood samples taken from tribal members.

Univ. of Toledo official fired over column sues

The firing of a college administrator over her criticism of gay rights has sparked a debate about free speech and whether universities have the right to regulate what employees say outside of their jobs.

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