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Latinx
Fewer Cubans Make Crossing to US; Economy Cited
The number of Cubans attempting to cross the Florida Straits has fallen by more than half, putting 2009 on track to be perhaps the lowest for migration from the communist island in almost a decade.
August 30, 2009
African-American
Archaeologists Search for Texas Plantation Remains
Archaeologists are combing through a site about 50 miles northwest of Houston that nearly two centuries ago became Texas’ largest plantation and then a staging area for Gen. Sam Houston’s troops before the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
August 23, 2009
Latinx
PRIDE AND PERIL
Once a beacon of hope for thousands of Black students denied access to higher education by predominantly White institutions, historically Black colleges and universities have educated generations of Black scientists, doctors,
August 19, 2009
Latinx
New Web Site Evaluates Colleges and Universities on Core Requirements
When it comes to college, paying a lot doesn’t necessarily mean getting a lot, a new Web site reports. WhatWillTheyLearn.com, launched by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), evaluates colleges and universities on their general education curricula and many of the most expensive schools received poor marks for requiring little study in core subjects.
August 19, 2009
Students
HBCU News Nuggets
With more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the country, we could not cover them all. Here’s a glimpse at initiatives some of them are pursuing.
August 19, 2009
Latinx
HBCU Power Brokers on Capitol Hill
Meet some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Pride and Peril: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Diverse identifies five threats facing HBCUs and five opportunities that could define their futures.
August 19, 2009
Latinx
More Black and Hispanic Students Taking the ACT Exam, College Readiness Levels Remain Flat
While scores and college readiness levels remained relatively flat from 2008, the numbers of Black and Hispanic high school graduates in 2009 who took the ACT college entrance exam remained the same or increased for a fourth consecutive year nationally, according to the ACT ‘Measuring College and Career Readiness: The Class of 2009’ report.
August 18, 2009
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Latinx
Partners for Digital Equality, The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and The National Hispanic University Announce Alliance
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August 17, 2009
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African-American
Gene Variant Predicts Racial Disparity in Hepatitis Treatment Success
Scientists say they’ve found a big reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for White patients than for African-Americans. It’s a tiny variation in a gene.
August 17, 2009
Native Americans
Tribal Members, Researchers Band Together to Bring Back Condor
The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.
August 16, 2009
African-American
Black Male Enrollment at Mississippi Institutions Lags
A task force commissioned by the Mississippi College Board to recommend ways to improve Black male college enrollment has not made much progress despite having more than a year on the job.
August 10, 2009
African-American
Black male university enrollment still lags
More than a year after the Mississippi College Board launched a fact-finding mission to bolster the number of black males attending and graduating college, no specific recommendations are in hand.  According to clarionledger.com, a statewide task force has met a few times since its creation in June 2008, but officials say it could be at […]
August 9, 2009
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African-American
CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nation’s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.
August 5, 2009
Latinx
SPECTRUM : SMASHING THE STEROTYPES ON THE BIG SCREEN
While attending graduate school at Stanford University, Dr. Chon Noriega watched four films that impacted his life: “Stand and Deliver,” “La Bamba,” “Milagro Beanfield War” and “Born in East L.A.”
August 5, 2009
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE – Power Players for HSIs and Tribal Colleges
In Washington, D.C., many individuals aspire to become power players. But the true test is the ability to influence policy and legislation.
August 5, 2009
Latinx
Mexican students to be recognized Friday
The California-Mexico Project (CMP), headed by CSULB Chicano/Latino Studies professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, and Mexico’s National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) arranged the study abroad program. Dr. Ana Uribe of Mexico’s University of Colima directed the program and its research component.  According to the Daily 49er.com, among them are seven undergraduates from three […]
August 5, 2009
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Native Americans
Tribal Colleges Seeking Stability in Federal Funding Cycles
For Leonard Dauphinais, one of the most challenging things about running a tribal college is not a lack of federal funding but trying to figure out when that funding will arrive at his school.
August 5, 2009
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