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Section: Demographics
African-American
Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College
Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.
June 6, 2011
African-American
Black Music Month: The Beat Goes On
On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that June would be Black Music Month, and all the United States presidents since then have acknowledged the month-long observance.
June 5, 2011
Students
NCORE Conference: Scholar Offers Perspectives on Inter-Minority Racism
During the 24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, educators examined not only race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, but intersections among them.
June 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs
Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.
June 2, 2011
African-American
MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program
Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.
June 2, 2011
African-American
Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need
The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.
June 1, 2011
African-American
Michigan State University Commemorates Half-Century Partnership With African Nations
Michigan State University’s African Studies Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, which now engages with more than 150 faculty specialists from 45 departments throughout the university, including nursing, medicine and engineering.
June 1, 2011
Students
Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants
The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.
May 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.
May 31, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Book Review: Examining the Hmong in America
Dr. Chia Youyee Vang, an assistant history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has produced a scholarly examination of the Hmong refugee experience.
May 30, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
UC Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu Withdraws Appellate Court Judgeship Bid
Amid unflinching Republican opposition, embattled judicial nominee Goodwin Liu has officially withdrawn his name for a federal post that many political and legal insiders have viewed as his stepping stone to the U.S. Supreme Court.
May 26, 2011
Students
Oprah’s Generosity Spurs Past Morehouse Scholarship Recipients to Pledge New Scholarship Funding
Recalling the impact of the Oprah Winfrey scholarships they received while at Morehouse College, the “Sons of Oprah,” as they are known, have announced they are pledging more than $300,000 to help educate deserving Morehouse students.
May 26, 2011
African-American
Charleston Can Lay a Claim to First Memorial Day
Yale University historian David Blight contends that a May 1, 1865 gathering in Charleston gives the South Carolina city justification to claim the first Memorial Day observance honoring the dead from the Civil War.
May 25, 2011
Students
Arizona State Graduate in Limbo Over Immigration Status
Undocumented immigrants like Angelica Hernandez who were brought here as children have virtually no chance of earning legal status under current federal immigration laws.
May 24, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
More Than a Tiger Mom
Celebrated but controversial author and Yale University law professor Amy Chua’s takes on world geopolitics have long been a hot topic in the academy.
May 23, 2011
Leadership & Policy
African Burial Ground to Be Restored in Richmond, Va.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Board of Visitors on Friday approved the transfer of the African Burial Ground to the city, clearing the way for asphalt and gravel to be removed from the site in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Bottom.
May 22, 2011
Latinx
Influential Speakers Inspire 2011 Graduates to Pursue the American Dream
This spring, minority-serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, are hosting a number of influential leaders as graduation speakers.
May 22, 2011
African-American
Scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg Center
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, an assistant professor of history at Indiana University, is poised to take the helm of the world’s leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
May 22, 2011
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