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Asian American Pacific Islander

Getting to Know Dr. Purnima Mankekar

Ask Dr. Purnima Mankekar about family meals during her childhood in India, and she immediately recalls table conversation always revolving around feminist politics and social justice issues.

African-American

Telling Her Story

The roles of women then and now make appealing subjects.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Diverse Calendar

March 27-30 MELUS — Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 22nd Annual MELUS Conference “Towards a Confluence of Multi-Ethnic Arts and the University” The Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Web: http://webspace.ship.edu/kmlong/melus March 29-April 2 American College Personnel Association83rd Annual Convention “Professionalism with Purpose: Advancing […]

Leadership & Policy

Divinity School at TCU Still Plans to Honor Obama Pastor

Controversy surrounding the longtime minister of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is not deterring a Texas divinity school from honoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at a ceremony later this month.

Celebrating a Ripe Audience: A New Publishing Imprint Highlights Hispanic Celebrities

With the recent launch of the Celebra publishing imprint, Raymond Garcia hopes to tap into the emergent Hispanic book-buying market.

Justice and Immigration Clinic Opens at California’s University of La Verne College of Law

The University of La Verne (ULV) College of Law has announced the opening of its Justice & Immigration Clinic (JIC).

From South America to Europe, Scholars Discuss Equity

While affirmative action programs are being challenged in the United States, Brazil is readily adopting these admissions policies in their colleges and universities as the morally correct thing to do to address the socioeconomic exclusion of Blacks, according to research done by Fulbright New Century scholar, Dr. Michele S. Moses.

Leadership & Policy

Tribal College Leaders Bow Out of UND Advertisement, Citing Nickname

Five current and former tribal college presidents have decided not to take part in a photo shoot for a University of North Dakota student recruiting campaign because of their opposition to the Fighting Sioux nickname, a UND official says.

Colleges Encouraged to Improve the Student Experience By Using Identified Best Practices

Jackson State University discovered through a student survey that students were not feeling engaged at the institution, and despite problematic academic probation and retention rates, were not taking advantage of the support services available.

Perspectives: Knowledge, Authority and Hmong Invisibility

A professor’s comments about Hmong Americans a year ago were controversial, but it was and is the dismissal of Hmong views and voices in the face of intolerance that remains the enduring problem.

Native Americans

State, UW Join Push for Tribal Center at Riverton College

Plans for a long-sought American Indian center at Central Wyoming College in Riverton have gotten a boost with the University of Wyoming joining the project and the state Legislature’s approval of $1.1 million in funding.

Native Americans

The Struggle to Keep Native Students in College

Fourteen of New Mexico Highlands University’s 106 American Indian students enrolled last fall did not return for spring semester. The university is trying to figure out how to retain students who “don’t feel like they belong.”

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