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Native Americans

Obama Pledges New Era for Federal-Indian Relations

Pledging to usher in a new era of honest federal dealings with Indian tribes, Democratic presidential front-runner on Monday made an unprecedented stop in Montana Indian country for a rally at the Crow reservation.

Faculty & Staff

Indiana University Approved To Offer Doctorate in Black Studies

Since the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced the approval of the new doctoral program in African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Indiana University Bloomington more than a week ago, John McCluskey Jr. says he has felt both elated and relieved.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Report: Ethnic Pride Has Mixed Impact on Asian Americans’ Ability To Deal With Discrimination

Strong ties to their ethnicity can reduce the negative effects of racism for some Asian Americans and intensify the negative effects of racism for others, according to a new report published by the American Psychological Association.

African-American

Baker’s Heat

Moving beyond the scope of the literary scholarship for which he is known, Dr. Houston A. Baker Jr., in his latest book, takes a fierce stand as a social critic and assesses several Black scholars and the writings that have won them recognition as public intellectuals.

The Early Study Abroad Trend

A growing number of South Korean students are going to English speaking countries as teenagers in hopes of gaining entry into American universities.

Asian Evasion: A Recipe for Flawed Resolutions

Asians are arguably one of the most misunderstood groups in higher education. Even categorizing “Asian” students can be quite confusing. For example, should data be disaggregated by different Asian subgroups?

NC System Reverses Itself, Won’t Admit Undocumented

North Carolina community colleges will have to wait longer for a resolution to a controversy over admitting undocumented students that has been brewing since the system issued a directive last December to do so as part of the prevailing open-admissions policy

Southern California Districts Facing ‘No Child Left Behind’ Sanctions

At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.

Majority Latino South Texas Town Abolishes Decades-old Segregation

A South Texas town has abolished an anti-Hispanic segregation law more than seven decades after it was enacted.

Arkansas Organization Moves to Deny Benefits to Undocumented

The Arkansas attorney general’s office cleared the way on last Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.

African-American

Literary Scholar Indicts Some Black Thinkers for Shallow Works

Diverse: What led you as a literary scholar to write Betrayal? HB: The motivation was, as interesting as it may seem now more than 20 years down the line, the culture wars that were launched by neoconservatives and the think tanks that support their point of view in the United States back in the late […]

Leadership & Policy

Bowling Green State President Named Next Leader of Howard University

Bowling Green State University President Sidney A. Ribeau has been named president of Howard University, its Board of Trustees announced Wednesday.

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