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Leadership & Policy

Some Students Take Jagged Path to Graduation

As the nation moves toward a common graduation rate formula based on the number of students who obtain a diploma in four years, students like Jefferson Lara will appear to have fallen by wayside.

African-American

Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint on The Obama Effect

The psychological boost on African-Americans generated by the election of the nation’s first Black president may be tempered by hard economic times ahead, says Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, director of the Media Center of the Judge Baker Children’s Center and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Faculty & Staff

ALL IN A DECADE’S WORK

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College’s longtime president Dolores Fernández reflects on her journey through academia and helping other Hispanics reach the top.

N.H. Catholic College Wants Twice the Diversity

St. Anselm College, a Roman Catholic college here, wants to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans and other minorities.

Online Bookseller Targets Spanish-Only Market

Its new consumer web site, http://www.librerialectorum.com/ will be the largest U.S. online bookstore operating exclusively in Spanish, Lectorum Publications announced.

V is for Victory. So is IX.

V is for Victory. So is IX. is a national campaign to increase the effectiveness of Title IX. Enacted in 1972, Title IX is a federal law addressing equality in education, academics and sports. The campaign is being launched by the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Law Project of Philadelphia, the California Women’s Law […]

Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

U.S. accepts Black President, struggles with other social advances

Americans made history this week by electing their first Black president while banning affirmative action and gay marriage at the same time.

African-American

Democrats Gain in Dixie, but Racial Divide Remains

Barack Obama hardly marched across the South like General William T. Sherman, who accepted the surrender of the Conferedate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida in 1865. But he certainly made some inroads.

Gettting to Know You: Diversity in Friendships Reduces Stress, UCB Study Finds

Making friends outside your own ethnic group or race in academic settings can reduce stress, researchers at University of California at Berkeley have found.

Brown U. Survey of Latinos Debunks Myths

An analysis of political attitudes and civic engagement of Latinos in Rhode Island released Oct. 30 by Brown University debunks 10 common myths about them.

Conference Re-Examines Role of Chicano Pioneers

In a year when the phrase community organizer has taken become a buzzword in the presidential campaign that just ended, activists and scholars will gather Nov. 16 to 18 to document and discuss one of the earliest, most significant community organizing efforts in California history.

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