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Latinx
Some College-Access Programs Lose Funding
The inspector general is investigating allegations that Education Department scoring errors may have resulted in denied grant renewals.
October 30, 2007
LGBTQ+
Perspectives: Hanging Nooses, Hate Pose a National Health Risk
Addressing, preventing and eradicating hate is not just a “Black issue,” it is a human rights issue, says this group of psychology faculty from Pepperdine University. If we, as a nation, fail to address it, we are at risk for regression, for descending into a previous state of unhealthy functioning. Choice and free will are important concepts in mental health. What is our will as a nation? Do we choose to ignore these signs of impending illness and let the sickness of racism ravage the soul of our nation?
October 30, 2007
Latinx
New Mexico Attorney General Investigating Possible Hate Crime at UNM
The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is looking into whether a student violated any hate crime laws by allegedly posting hateful messages against Hispanics on the Internet following the desecration of the Mexican flag at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
October 29, 2007
Students
Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity
It might sound like a no-brainer that being bilingual or multilingual helps students planning to enter engineering and just about any other career. But it is certainly true and is becoming more important as the economies of nations become more intertwined. What’s more, being able to go beyond mere language ability and understand cultural distinctions are extra advantages. The University of Texas at El Paso seeks to do just that for its students.
October 29, 2007
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Native Americans
Members Removed From Indian Tribes Complain of Unfairness
PROVIDENCE R.I. Dennis Champlain’s grandfather helped win federal recognition for the Narragansett Indian Tribe. Later, Champlain danced in tribal powwows. He teaches his children that they are Narragansetts.
October 28, 2007
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Sports
University of North Dakota Needs Tribal Approval to Keep Sioux Nickname
GRAND FORKS, N.D. The state Board of Higher Education settled a lawsuit with the NCAA over the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname, giving the school three years to get tribal approval to keep it.
October 25, 2007
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Asian American Pacific Islander
Investing in Asian American Women Through Education
For promoting education among Asian American women and other accomplishments, Wendy Cai recently became the youngest recipient of the United Nations Population Fund Award for the Health and Dignity of Women.
October 25, 2007
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LGBTQ+
Follow-up Planned to 1968 Race Relations Report
CAMBRIDGE, Md. Four decades ago, a federal advisory panel released a prominent report on the causes of race riots in seven U.S. cities. Now, researchers are planning a follow-up.
October 24, 2007
Students
Report: Judge Was in 1960s Student Group With Cartoon Mascot
GRAND FORKS, N.D. The judge hearing arguments in a lawsuit over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname belonged to a student group in the 1960s whose members wore a cartoon American Indian mascot on their jackets, The Forum reports in a copyright story.
October 23, 2007
Disabilties
Best & Brightest: Told He Lacked the “Intellectual Capacity” To Learn, Ph.D Candidate Proves Otherwise
Markell Harrison-Jackson grew up with a self-destructive combination of uncontrollable anger and learning inability.
October 23, 2007
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Latinx
Obama Campaigns at LA School Famous for ‘Stand And Deliver’ Film
LOS ANGELES Sen. Barack Obama promised to improve the education system Saturday when he brought his presidential campaign to the East Los Angeles school immortalized in the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver.”
October 21, 2007
Latinx
Obama Campaigns at LA School Famous for ‘Stand And Deliver’ Film
LOS ANGELES Sen. Barack Obama promised to improve the education system Saturday when he brought his presidential campaign to the East Los Angeles school immortalized in the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver.”
October 21, 2007
Students
University of Kentucky Trying to Defend Image After Racially Charged Cartoon, Death Threat
LEXINGTON Ky. A Southern university is trying to defend its image after the student newspaper published a cartoon of a black man being sold at auction and a racist death threat was scribbled on the door of a black student leader’s dorm room.
October 21, 2007
Students
Cal State Fresno Hosts Chicano-Latino Issues Forum
FRESNO, Calif. Despite the name, California State at Fresno’s first Chicano-Latino Issues Forum isn’t just intended to address problems Chicanos and Latinos face. It’s meant for everyone on campus.
October 17, 2007
Students
Cal State Fresno Hosts Chicano-Latino Issues Forum
FRESNO, Calif. Despite the name, California State at Fresno’s first Chicano-Latino Issues Forum isn’t just intended to address problems Chicanos and Latinos face. It’s meant for everyone on campus.
October 17, 2007
Students
Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity
The University of Texas at El Paso is a unique incubator for bilingual and multilingual students, who are increasingly being sought after by employers in a global economy.
October 17, 2007
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Students
Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity
The University of Texas at El Paso is a unique incubator for bilingual and multilingual students, who are increasingly being sought after by employers in a global economy.
October 16, 2007
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Asian American Pacific Islander
Getting to Know: Dr. Gregory Chan
Dr. Gregory Chan is provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University in Miami, where he has been second-incommand since 2001.
October 16, 2007
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