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Transformations Through

In a day when top radio show hosts hurl sexist and racist remarks at women college athletes and White college students don Afro wigs and gold teeth at parties, it is clear that many are in need of diversity training.

2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

Controversial Upward Bound experiment halted, and some MSIs win in earmarks.

When Diversity Training Goes Awry

Done incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.

Encouraging The Discouraged

An HSI, Heritage University serves a population that most other institutions have essentially written off as nothing more than farm laborers and service workers.

Latina Wins 2007 Rona Jaffe Award

Alma García says she has always wanted to be writer. “I was one of those peculiar seven-year-olds who, when asked, ‘What are you doing?’ I would frequently answer, Oh, just writing a book.”

Just the Stats: U.S. Students Lag Behind in Math and Science

Overall, U.S. students are performing better in math and science than students in foreign countries. However, U.S. students perform considerably behind the highest-achieving countries, based on a recent study released by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization based in Washington, D.C.

Scholarship Deadlines Approach

Three opportunities to apply for scholarships or fellowships with impending deadlines were recently announced for Hispanic students.

2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

For higher education, Congress’ long-awaited omnibus 2008 spending bill is a decidedly mixed bag with a few victories and some unexpected setbacks.

Just the Stats: Hispanic Women Continue to Make Gains in Enrollment

A recent report from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) called, “Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 1996-2006,” revealed a slight increase in minority participation in graduate schools, rising from 26 percent in 2005 to 28 percent in 2006.

Hispanic Women Pursue Higher Education Despite the Odds, Says Study

Researchers studying “Why Hispanic Undergraduate Women Persist in Higher Education” in spite of intense cultural pressure have concluded that their major reason for going to school was to create a better life for themselves and their families.

Hispanic Educational-Reform Group Offers Data on Learning Crisis

The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, based in Washington, D.C., compiled the following data on what it calls the “Crisis in Latino Education.”

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: ACE Names First Woman President

Former UNC president Molly Corbett Broad was named president of ACE; Johns Hopkins researchers find Blacks’ reluctance to participate in medical studies is a direct result of the Tuskegee experiment; and recipients of the Tien Education Leadership Awards are announced.

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