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Native Americans

American Indian Languages Dying

A decreasing number of American Indians can speak or understand their ancestral language, experts say.

UA Students Form Second Chapter of Journalists’ Association

Students in the University of Arizona department of journalism have formed the second student chapter of the Native American Journalists Association.

Texas Education Agency to Appeal Bilingual Ruling

The state education agency said it plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to appeal a federal judge’s ruling requiring the state of Texas to improve bilingual education programs for secondary school students, according to media reports.

Leadership & Policy

New Council at UK Works to Reach More Latino Students

The University of Kansas’s newly formed Latino Vision Council is working to find ways to assist Latinos in gaining access to college.

Faculty & Staff

Delaware Professor Awarded Competitive Fellowship

Rosalie Rolon-Dow, assistant professor of education at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious and highly competitive Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for next year.

African-American

Scholars Convene in Charleston to Explore the Literary Works of Toni Morrison

Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Toni Morrison read to a packed house at the College of Charleston two passages from her forthcoming novel, A Mercy (Knopf), on Friday, as part of the fifth biennial conference of the Toni Morrison Society.

African-American

Acknowledging the Gains Minorities Have Made in Classical Music

I am one who has a long awareness and who has long-been supportive of Sphinx and the efforts of Aaron Dworkin (see “Bringing Diversity to the World of Classical Music, June 26).

Asian American Pacific Islander

Maynard Institute Celebrates Three Decades of Training Minority Journalists

Dori Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, will receive the Asian American Journalists Association’s Leadership in Diversity Award, which will be presented to her at the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention July 23-27 in Chicago. The institute, which has trained and placed more minority journalists than any other […]

Disability Bill Divides Higher Ed Groups

Some groups fear ADA bill will require institutions to expand services.

Diverse Calendar

Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference and Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for Developmental Education 4th International Conference on Research in Access and Developmental Education The Condado […]

Native Americans

ASU Looks Back on 3 Decades of American Indian Projects Work

The bulky, 1970s-era phones stacked in a corner of Edwin Gonzalez-Santin’s office at Arizona State University remind him how far he’s come. Back when the phones were new, he taught courses via conference calls to students in Navajo communities from Tempe to New Mexico who would have lost their vital jobs if they had left their reservations to attend classes on campus.

Native Americans

Students Learn Entrepreneurial Skills at UA

Students representing American Indian tribes across Arizona are gaining real-world business experience they can apply toward starting their own enterprises at the Native American Youth Entrepreneur Camp, this week at the University of Arizona, the university announced.

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