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Section: Demographics
Students
Two UCLA Professors Seek Campus Diversity Requirement
In the aftermath of a racially offensive Internet video, two University of Ca lifornia, Los Angeles professors are urging the administration to require diversity training for students in hopes of discouraging such incidents.
March 16, 2011
Latinx
Maryland Immigrant In-state Tuition Bill Advances
A measure allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates in Maryland has passed the Maryland Senate.
March 15, 2011
African-American
Academics Hail Public Online Posting of Historic Black Newspaper’s Archives
The posting online this winter of some 1 million newspaper articles published over the past century in the historic AFRO-American newspaper is being hailed by academics as a major development in expanding the general public’s grasp of African-American life.
March 15, 2011
African-American
La. Regents’ Consultant Suggests Options in SUNO/UNO Study
A consultant studying a controversial proposal to merge of Southern University at New Orleans with the University of New Orleans suggested two options Monday to rework an educational system deemed to be failing the city’s students.
March 14, 2011
Leadership & Policy
New Jindal Regents Appointee to Miss SUNO/UNO Board Meeting
Dr. Albert Sam II, a Black surgeon, was named to the Regents Board by Gov. Bobby Jindal after the governor pushed out a longtime White member of the board amid complaints about the lack of diversity on the panel.
March 13, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Latinos, Asians Fuel Calif.’s Population Growth
In the period from 2000 to 2010, the state’s Latino population grew by 28 percent, to 14 million in the nation’s most populous state, while Asian numbers grew by 31 percent, to 4.8 million.
March 10, 2011
African-American
HBCU Merger Proposals Persist Despite Fervent Opposition
Now, some advocates and leaders within the Black higher education community are warming to partnerships and other alternatives.
March 10, 2011
African-American
Talladega College’s Amistad Murals to Go on Nationwide Tour
Now valued around $40 million, the Amistad paintings by artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff were commissioned in 1938 and the first three panels have hung at Talladega College since the 1939 dedication of a library.
March 9, 2011
African-American
Alabama State University Conference Focuses on Globalization
About 350 business and government leaders joined scholars and educators at Alabama State University in Montgomery this week to explore economic innovation and international business opportunities.
March 9, 2011
African-American
UMKC Professor Pearlie Johnson Uses Quilts to Teach Black History
Pearlie Johnson, a visiting assistant professor in the University of Missouri-Kansas City College of Arts and Sciences’ Black Studies Program, uses quilts from her private collection in class lectures.
March 8, 2011
Students
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx: Limit Federal Role in Higher Education
House subcommittee chair plans to address oversight and regulatory issues in federal higher education spending.
March 8, 2011
Students
Conference: UC-Berkeley’s Equity Chief Gibor Basri Says Data Collection Key to Diversity Push
UC-Berkeley’s vice chancellor of equity and inclusion, Gibor Basri, says his efforts are focused on developing the Haas Diversity Research Center, which has seven endowed chairs and targets disparities in education, public health and economics.
March 8, 2011
African-American
Immigrant Students Revive U.S. Pentecostal Church
Just 15 years ago, membership fell to just three dozen. But now a Cambridge, Mass. Pentecostal church claims more than 350 members thanks to aggressive recruitment of immigrants and international students.
March 7, 2011
African-American
Rare Anti-slavery Booklet Acquired by University of Virginia
The copy of abolitionist David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles; Together With a Preamble to the Coloured Citizens of the World, But in Particular, and Very Expressly to Those of the United States of America” is one of seven known to still exist.
March 6, 2011
Students
Perspectives: Teacher Quality is Key to Student Success
Teacher effectiveness is a critical focus in our nation, and growing the number of board-certified teachers of color should be a priority, writes the president of a national teaching standards organization.
March 2, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Political Scientist Karin Stanford Reborn As a Hip-Hop Scholar
Ten years after Dr. Karin Stanford gained notoriety for her relationship with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, she has rebuilt her life and the Black studies department she leads.
March 2, 2011
Latinx
Ed Secretary Duncan Defends $2B Increase in 2012 Education Budget
The higher education portion of the Obama FY2012 request includes a $67 million increase for TRIO programs for a total of $920 million; summer Pell grants would be cut.
March 1, 2011
African-American
House Budget Stirs Opposition Over Higher Education Cuts
Advocates have criticized legislation by the House of Representatives that would cut funding for minority-serving colleges and universities by $250 million this year while reducing the maximum Pell Grant by more than $800 for the neediest students.
March 1, 2011
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