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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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Latinx
Web Site Offers College Consumers One-Stop Comparison Shop
WASHINGTON The association representing the single largest group of independent, private higher education institutions has introduced a Web site that allows aspiring college students and their parents to research and compare private colleges and universities.
October 16, 2007
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African-American
Columbia University’s Institute of African Studies Reopens Under New Leadership
Columbia University has reopened its Institute of African Studies and has hired a new director as a result of widespread protests among students and alumni.
October 16, 2007
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Latinx
High-tech Help on the Way
Both chambers of Congress have passed a technology bill for MSIs. Now they need to bridge their differences to bridge the digital divide at MSIs.
October 16, 2007
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Latinx
King of Spain Bestows Honor on William and Mary Professor
WILLIAMSBURG Va. The king of Spain is honoring a College of William and Mary professor with his country’s highest cultural achievement award.
October 16, 2007
Disabilties
Ore. Parents Sue After English-speaking Son Placed in ESL Class
HILLBORO Ore. The parents of a Latino boy who does not speak Spanish filed a $700,000 federal lawsuit against the Hillsboro School District, alleging that educators placed their son in an English as a Second Language program solely because of his ethnicity.
October 16, 2007
Latinx
New Jersey Eyes Ways to Improve Latino Services
Language translators would be made available in all state departments and the state would recruit teachers from Spain and Puerto Rico under recommendations delivered Monday to New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine.
October 15, 2007
Native Americans
Wisconsin Tribes Speak Out Against Offensive Sports Mascots
GREEN BAY Wis. Ahead of a state hearing this week on racially insensitive sports mascots, members of Wisconsin tribes decried the Washington Redskins’ name and logo as the NFL team played the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
October 15, 2007
Latinx
International Panel to Address Latino Education at Annual HACU Conference
An international panel of experts will discuss critical issues for Hispanics in higher education as part of the annual meeting of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) set for Oct. 20-22 in Chicago.
October 14, 2007
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