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Bill Cosby Urges Black Support For Slavery Museum

Bill Cosby, who more than two years ago urged African-Americans to take more responsibility for their neighborhoods and children, says Blacks should be similarly responsible for building the national slavery museum in Fredericksburg, Va.

Jump Starting Latino Achievement

Lorretta Chavez knows that for poor Mexican American children in Colorado…

HACU Conference to Focus on Increasing Hispanic Student Success

The 20th Annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference to be held next month will focus on increasing the success of Hispanic students.

Foreign Scholars Continue To Be Scrutinized By U.S. Authorities

A number of foreign scholars have been denied entry this year to the United States on grounds of political or ideological affiliations. According to the ACLU, the U.S. government is using ideological exclusion not as a legitimate reason to protect the country but just to stop someone who is against government policy per se.

Black Enrollment At UT-Austin Exceeds Pre-Hopwood Level for First Time

AUSTIN, Texas More Blacks are studying at the University of Texas at Austin this semester than ever, breaking a record set the year a federal appeals court banned the use of race in admissions.

Science Revolution in Minority Communities Theme of SACNAS Conference

Students and science educators will gather later this month for the annual Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference held in Tampa, Fla. Pertinent to a much talked-about issue – the theme of this year’s conference is “Science Revolution in Minority Communities: What Progress Have We Made?”

Faculty & Staff

The HIspanic-Serving Designation: Asset or Deficit?

There are more than 200 American colleges and universities federally designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions, but only four mention this classification in their mission statements.

African-American

Stepping Up

As a graduate of an HBCU, it was good to hear that another university has stepped up to the plate in fulfilling the needs of this academic study…

Needed: More Parental Input

I think [the column] highlights some of the problems with entrusting the education of our young people to the public school system…

Faculty & Staff

Culture and Academic Performance

U.S. Census reports remind us that Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing minority population in the United States…

Researching Latinas In Crisis

When Dr. Luis H. Zayas was a clinician at a New York City hospital during the 1980s…

Leadership & Policy

Quotes of Note

“Let’s talk about the complicity of the Episcopal Church as one of the institutions of this country who, of course…

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