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Minorities and Whites Have Differing Views of Health Care

Minorities are more likely than White patients to rate their health care as fair or poor, a view that is particularly true among Chinese Americans, Blacks born in Africa and Vietnamese Americans.

Report Explores Link Between Latino’s Faith, Politics and Activism

Latinos’ religious affiliation and church attendance influence their political party preferences, degree of support for the war in Iraq and positions on moral issues raised in the last presidential campaign, according to a report recently released by the Center for the Study of Latino Religion (CSLR) in the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS).

Mexico Initiates English Classes Throughout U.S. at Consular Offices

Mexico will use its network of 48 consular offices in the United States to offer courses in English- as-a-Second-Language (ESL), diplomatic officials have announced.

Latino School Enrollment Up in Texas Cities With Immigration Laws

North Texas cities debating local laws to deal with illegal immigration are also home to school districts with some of the state’s largest increases in Hispanic student enrollment, a Fort Worth Star-Telegram analysis found.

Report Links Hate Crimes to Anti-immigrant Sentiment

Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos, a watchdog group said Monday.

NASPA Session Tackles Hazing Problem Among Black Greeks

Black Greek fraternity members feel hazing solidifies their loyalty to their organization and builds “character and discipline,” according to study results presented to a packed session at the 90th annual NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education conference.

Leadership & Policy

For Hispanic Leaders, College Affordability Is Top Concern

A panel of Hispanic college and university presidents said affordability is greatly affecting Hispanic students’ access to college and offered suggestions for boosting public investment in higher education at a plenary session at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education’s annual meting.

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Nancy S. Dye has been appointed the first vice chancellor and president of the Asian University for Women (Chittagong, Bangladesh. Formerly, she served as President Emerita of Oberlin College. She received a bachelor’s fromVassar College, and amaster’s and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. DR. ZENEBE ABEBE has been appointed the first vice […]

Congress To Give More, Demand More

A Pell Grant increase is in the HEA bill, but so are provisions for colleges to explain large endowments and tuition increases.

Providing a ‘Full Circle of Support’

With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.

11 Universities Will Lead New Centers of Excellence

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Feb. 26 the selection of 11 universities that will be among partner institutions leading five new Centers of Excellence and receiving a multi-year grant of up to $2 million per year, over a period of four to six years.

Virginia Hispanic Population Triples in 16 Years

Virginia’s Hispanic population tripled from 1990 to 2006, to more than 460,000 or 6 percent of the population, according to a study released Feb. 25 by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

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