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Latinx
Families Sue Catholic School Over ‘English Only’ Policy
Four Hispanic families are suing St. Anne’s Catholic School over a policy that requires students to speak English at all times while at school.
May 20, 2008
Native Americans
Obama Pledges New Era for Federal-Indian Relations
Pledging to usher in a new era of honest federal dealings with Indian tribes, Democratic presidential front-runner on Monday made an unprecedented stop in Montana Indian country for a rally at the Crow reservation.
May 19, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Indiana University Approved To Offer Doctorate in Black Studies
Since the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced the approval of the new doctoral program in African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Indiana University Bloomington more than a week ago, John McCluskey Jr. says he has felt both elated and relieved.
May 19, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report: Ethnic Pride Has Mixed Impact on Asian Americans’ Ability To Deal With Discrimination
Strong ties to their ethnicity can reduce the negative effects of racism for some Asian Americans and intensify the negative effects of racism for others, according to a new report published by the American Psychological Association.
May 18, 2008
African-American
Baker’s Heat
Moving beyond the scope of the literary scholarship for which he is known, Dr. Houston A. Baker Jr., in his latest book, takes a fierce stand as a social critic and assesses several Black scholars and the writings that have won them recognition as public intellectuals.
May 14, 2008
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Students
The Early Study Abroad Trend
A growing number of South Korean students are going to English speaking countries as teenagers in hopes of gaining entry into American universities.
May 14, 2008
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Students
Asian Evasion: A Recipe for Flawed Resolutions
Asians are arguably one of the most misunderstood groups in higher education. Even categorizing “Asian” students can be quite confusing. For example, should data be disaggregated by different Asian subgroups?
May 14, 2008
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Students
NC System Reverses Itself, Won’t Admit Undocumented
North Carolina community colleges will have to wait longer for a resolution to a controversy over admitting undocumented students that has been brewing since the system issued a directive last December to do so as part of the prevailing open-admissions policy
May 13, 2008
Latinx
Southern California Districts Facing ‘No Child Left Behind’ Sanctions
At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.
May 13, 2008
Latinx
Majority Latino South Texas Town Abolishes Decades-old Segregation
A South Texas town has abolished an anti-Hispanic segregation law more than seven decades after it was enacted.
May 13, 2008
Latinx
Arkansas Organization Moves to Deny Benefits to Undocumented
The Arkansas attorney general’s office cleared the way on last Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.
May 13, 2008
African-American
Literary Scholar Indicts Some Black Thinkers for Shallow Works
Diverse: What led you as a literary scholar to write Betrayal? HB: The motivation was, as interesting as it may seem now more than 20 years down the line, the culture wars that were launched by neoconservatives and the think tanks that support their point of view in the United States back in the late […]
May 13, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Bowling Green State President Named Next Leader of Howard University
Bowling Green State University President Sidney A. Ribeau has been named president of Howard University, its Board of Trustees announced Wednesday.
May 7, 2008
Students
Conference Highlights Successful Schools
When Ricardo Esparza became principal of Granger High School in South Central Washington state nine years ago, he walked into an environment where gangs roamed the halls, fights were common and academic performance was less than impressive.
May 6, 2008
African-American
Survey: Nearly 60 Percent of Hispanic and Black Children Can’t Swim
Nearly 60 percent of Hispanic and African-American children cannot swim, almost twice the figure for White children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey that USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more minority children into the sport.
May 6, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian Higher Education Leaders Offer Advice to Break the Bamboo Ceiling
When Dr. Ratna Naik was offered the job of dean of physics at Wayne State University, she was reluctant to accept.
May 4, 2008
African-American
58 Percent of Black Children Can’t Swim
Nearly 60 percent of African-American children cannot swim, almost twice the figure for White children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more Blacks into the sport.
May 1, 2008
Native Americans
Rocky Mountain College’s VP for Planning, Indian Affairs Resigning
Janine Pease is resigning as Rocky Mountain College’s vice president for planning and American Indian affairs at the end of June to take an administrative position with Fort Peck Community College.
April 30, 2008
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