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Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Scholars Receive Research Award for Study of Asian Students

The authors of the largest compilation and analysis of data on Asian American college students recently received the 2008 Asian Pacific American Network Outstanding Contribution to APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans) Research Award from the American College Personnel Association-College Student Educators International.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Win Grants To Spur Economic Growth

Colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps.

African-American

REVISITING A CLASSIC

Things Fall Apar t is being brought back to center stage after 50 years for its role in shaping modern African literature.

Native Americans

DIVERSIFYING PEDAGOGY

Indigenous Ways of Knowing has been making its way out of tribal colleges into mainstream universities, but this method of teaching has its critics.

University of California Makes Room for Record 60,000 Freshmen

The University of California has accepted a record 60,008 California residents as freshmen for the coming fall despite worries that cuts in state funding could lead to overcrowded campuses and tuition increases, officials said Monday.

HSI Leaders Appeal For Increased Funding

With the White House proposing cuts for their favored programs next year, leaders of Hispanic-serving colleges and universities descended on Washington, D.C., this week to state their case for more, not less, funding for fiscal year 2009.

Native Americans

Native American, Indigenous Scholars Form New Interdisciplinary Association

During a three-day conference held at the University of Georgia this past weekend, Native American and indigenous scholars from around the world voted overwhelmingly to form what organizers say is the first-ever membership-based, interdisciplinary, scholarly association.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Judging the Moral Character of Black and Hispanic Children

Examining the academic achievement disparities in K-12 education between Black and Hispanic students compared to White and Asian students is not a science, however the study of moral and ethical disparities that exist between the same groups could be groundbreaking and controversial.

National Advisory Panel Report Multiplies Questions About Math Instruction

The National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP), created by the U.S. Department of Education in 2006 at President Bush’s urging, released its final report last month, which raises more questions than provides answers on the best practices of math instruction.

Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds

A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.

Seminar on Border Relations Puts Spotlight on University of Arizona

United States and Mexican experts are attending a seminar this week at the University of Arizona on issues facing Arizona and trends along the border, the university announced.

Book Lets Latino Dropouts in Rural Areas Tell Their Stories

A new book, Latino Dropouts in Rural America: Realities and Possibilities, allows former high school students from rural communities in Idaho to tell their own stories about why they left school.

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