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Latinx
Probe: Fed Employees May Have Bought Fake Degrees
Immigration officials are looking through a list of more than 9,000 names to see how many federal employees may have bought a phony high school or college degree from a Spokane, Wash.-based diploma mill.
August 5, 2008
Latinx
Course Helps Foster Hispanic-Jewish Bonds
When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew words in their church names.
August 5, 2008
Students
Hispanic Caucus Applauds Higher Education Bill
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) applauded the passage of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4137, on July 31 by a vote of 380-49 in the House and 83-8 in the Senate. The bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
August 5, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Homeland Security and UT Brownsville Reach Accord on Campus Border Fence
The University of Texas at Brownsville and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement this week barring the government from condemning any university land and committing the school to beefing up security along its existing fence, according to wire reports…
August 5, 2008
Students
Tribal Colleges Stay True to Mission
Celebrating 40 years, the tribal college movement remains committed to sustaining native culture, language and community, officials say.
August 5, 2008
Students
House Approves HEA Bill; Senate Vote Next
The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to renew the Higher Education Act and make changes in a variety of programs from Pell Grants and student loans to those for minority-serving institutions.
July 31, 2008
Native Americans
New Mexico First State To Adopt Navajo Textbook
In the Navajo language, there’s no one word that translates into “go”; it’s more like a sentence.
July 31, 2008
Students
Scholar Wants More American Indian Faculty in Business Colleges
Beau Barnes, recipient of a doctoral scholarship designed to increase faculty and student diversity in business colleges, says he wants to boost the number of American Indians teaching in Oklahoma business colleges.
July 30, 2008
Native Americans
American Indian Languages Dying
A decreasing number of American Indians can speak or understand their ancestral language, experts say.
July 30, 2008
Students
UA Students Form Second Chapter of Journalists’ Association
Students in the University of Arizona department of journalism have formed the second student chapter of the Native American Journalists Association.
July 30, 2008
Latinx
Texas Education Agency to Appeal Bilingual Ruling
The state education agency said it plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to appeal a federal judge’s ruling requiring the state of Texas to improve bilingual education programs for secondary school students, according to media reports.
July 29, 2008
Leadership & Policy
New Council at UK Works to Reach More Latino Students
The University of Kansas’s newly formed Latino Vision Council is working to find ways to assist Latinos in gaining access to college.
July 29, 2008
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Faculty & Staff
Delaware Professor Awarded Competitive Fellowship
Rosalie Rolon-Dow, assistant professor of education at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious and highly competitive Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for next year.
July 29, 2008
African-American
Scholars Convene in Charleston to Explore the Literary Works of Toni Morrison
Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Toni Morrison read to a packed house at the College of Charleston two passages from her forthcoming novel, A Mercy (Knopf), on Friday, as part of the fifth biennial conference of the Toni Morrison Society.
July 27, 2008
African-American
Acknowledging the Gains Minorities Have Made in Classical Music
I am one who has a long awareness and who has long-been supportive of Sphinx and the efforts of Aaron Dworkin (see “Bringing Diversity to the World of Classical Music, June 26).
July 23, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Maynard Institute Celebrates Three Decades of Training Minority Journalists
Dori Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, will receive the Asian American Journalists Association’s Leadership in Diversity Award, which will be presented to her at the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention July 23-27 in Chicago. The institute, which has trained and placed more minority journalists than any other […]
July 23, 2008
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Disabilties
Disability Bill Divides Higher Ed Groups
Some groups fear ADA bill will require institutions to expand services.
July 23, 2008
Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference and Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for Developmental Education 4th International Conference on Research in Access and Developmental Education The Condado […]
July 23, 2008
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