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Leadership & Policy
Dartmouth’s New President First Asian To Lead Ivy League Institution
A Korean-born doctor and humanitarian known as a leader the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases will become the next president of Dartmouth College.
March 2, 2009
Latinx
What Will It Take To Increase Hispanics in STEM? Money, of Course
The National Science Foundation came to Hispanic-serving institutions for advice Sunday on the best way to tackle the dearth of Latinos in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
March 1, 2009
Latinx
Help for Part-time Students Among Recommendations Urged To Improve Latino Educational Attainment
Warning of an education crisis for the nation’s burgeoning Latino population, academic researchers and advocates came to Capitol Hill Friday, calling for quick action to avert that crisis.
March 1, 2009
Students
Obama’s Education Budget Seeks To Restructure Pell Grant
With a goal to expand financial aid and college access, the Obama administration unveiled a 2010 education budget plan Thursday that virtually guarantees future Pell Grant increases while creating a major new initiative on college completion.
February 26, 2009
Latinx
LOC Highlights People of Panamanian Islands
The Library of Congress Hispanic Division will convene a symposium this Friday focusing on the culture of a people indigenous to the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama.
February 24, 2009
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Latinx
Budget Bill Seeks Immediate Education Increases
Last fall, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate decided not to fight with the Bush White House over education spending for fiscal 2009, which began last Oct. 1.
February 24, 2009
Native Americans
Yale’s Skull and Bones Society Sued Over Geronimo’s Remains
HARTFORD, Conn. — Geronimo’s descendants have sued Skull and Bones — the secret society at Yale University linked to presidents and other powerful figures — claiming that its members stole the remains of the legendary Apache leader decades ago and have kept them ever since.
February 23, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Documentary on Landmark Civil Rights Case Premiers Tonight on PBS
PBS tonight will premier a documentary, “A Class Apart,” that sheds light on a landmark Mexican-American civil rights case handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 1954 – two weeks before the watershed Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
February 22, 2009
Students
Community Colleges May Soon Start Turning Students Away
Nicole Rodriguez has been waiting a year to get into Pima Community College’s nursing program. But she’s running out of patience.
February 18, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Pushing for a More Inclusive University
From age 8 through his years as a Stanford University student, Dr. Charles Ogletree, the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard University, labored in the fields with his migrant-worker parents.
February 18, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
A Practical Ethnic Studies Program
The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston complements students’ career tracks and engages them in the surrounding Asian American community.
February 18, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diverse Calendar
March 5-7AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 4th Annual National Conference “Achieving Hispanic Success” Hyatt Regency Riverwalk San Antonio Web: www.aahhe.org March 11-15 THE NATIONAL BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION 21st Annual Conference “Engaged. Empowered. Expect It.” Doubletree Downtown Houston Contact: Dorothy E. Hines E-mail: vpconference@nbgsa.org Web: www.nbgsa.org March 12-14 TWELFTH ANNUAL REGIONAL HBCU SUMMIT […]
February 18, 2009
Latinx
TV Festival Explores Latino Image in Film
Forty films showing the progression of how Latino characters and culture are depicted in cinema will be the stars of a festival hosted by Turner Classic Movies and Chon Noriega, author and film professor from the University of California/Los Angeles.
February 17, 2009
Latinx
Hispanic Enrollment Up, Bucking Trend at UT Austin
Although spring enrollment is down over all at the University of Texas at Austin, numbers are up slightly for Hispanic, African American and foreign students, a preliminary report shows.
February 17, 2009
Latinx
University and R.I. Latino Policy Institute Enter Agreement
Roger Williams University and the Rhode Island Latino Policy Institute have agreed on a research partnership.
February 17, 2009
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Students
Creating a Sustainable Pipeline
After the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came under fire for a lack of diversity among its tenured faculty, the school’s administration is taking steps to ensure it is welcoming to faculty of color.
February 17, 2009
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Leadership & Policy
Minorities in Massachusetts find path to university presidential ranks difficult to tread
Once a pioneer, Massachusetts is experiencing a slowdown in the promotion of minorities to the university president ranks, particularly at elite private institutions.
February 16, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
UMass Boston’s Asian American Studies Program Takes a Practical Approach
The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston complements students’ career tracks and engages them in the surrounding Asian American community.
February 12, 2009
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