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Students
Report Highlights Growing Recognition of Nontraditional Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Treating nontraditional students as an asset rather than as a liability has marked stellar leadership among presidents at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), according to “Leading in Changing America: Presidential Perspectives from Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” a report released this week by the advocacy group Excelencia in Education.
June 4, 2009
Students
Report Scrutinizes Colleges With Low Graduation Rates, Including MSIs
Less than 60 percent of new students graduate from the nation’s four-year colleges and universities within six years, according to a new study, and the rate is even lower at most of the historically Black and Hispanic-serving institutions included in the study.
June 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Haskell Indian Nations University Commemorates 125th Anniversary, Recognizes Painful History
Haskell Indian Nations University turns 125 this year. The university is recognizing its historical anniversary with a yearlong series of events officials are referring to as a commemoration rather than a celebration.
May 31, 2009
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Sports
NCAA Women of Color Symposium Launches Recruitment and Retention Strategy Campaign
A recent NCAA report showed that ethnic minority women make up only 1.6 percent of athletic directors at institutions involved in intercollegiate athletics at the Division I, II and III levels – including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Drop HBCUs from the equation and the rate falls under 1 percent.
May 28, 2009
Students
Taking On the Stereotypes: Asian American Basketball Player Excels on the Court
After leading his high school basketball team to a state title averaging 15 points a game, the 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound young man hoped to draw some Division I college scholarship offers.
May 27, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
On diverseeducation.com: Taking On the Stereotypes
Harvard University basketball’s starting point guard Jeremy Lin has faced the stereotypical catcalls of “too skinny,” “too short” and “go play violin like the rest of your people,” despite the fact that he led his high school team to a state title and is Harvard’s top scorer.
May 27, 2009
Latinx
HSIs, Others Look to Census for Aid to Schools, Communities
Advocacy groups are seeing to it that the U.S. Census Bureau has the necessary resources to count all U.S. residents effectively.
May 27, 2009
Latinx
Sotomayor’s Nomination Reaffirms National Identity of U.S. Latinos, Scholars Say
The morning President Barack Obama introduced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee, Dr. Ruth E. Zambrana, a professor in the University of Maryland-College Park Women’s Studies department, received numerous phone calls from gleeful colleagues.
May 26, 2009
Children’s Literature and National Identity
Faculty & Staff
Sun Ra Exhibit at UPenn Shows Jazz Pioneer’s Spacy Imagery
The late jazz musician and band leader Sun Ra told of having a mystical experience in his youth in which he was transported to Saturn and instructed to speak to the world in troubled times to come.
May 26, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American leads Latino district in California
In an election that highlighted America’s fluid racial landscape, an Asian American candidate emerged as the leading contender to fill a U.S. House seat in an overwhelmingly Hispanic district.
May 21, 2009
Native Americans
Navajos Largely Unscathed By Recession
Talk at the community center in this small Navajo town is not as focused on the economy as it is in many places off the reservation.
May 17, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Board Advocates Dumping UND Nickname, Logo
North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education has agreed to drop the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo.
May 14, 2009
Faculty & Staff
A Chancellor’s Choice
Ask the University of California, Merced chancellor whether he misses teaching day to day, and his answer leaves no doubt: “Yes, I definitely do,” says Dr. Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang.
May 13, 2009
Latinx
Volunteer Service Capacity Bill May Benefit MSIs
The Kennedy Serve America Act would create a variety of programs, including an Education Corps to help low-income youth improve educational achievement.
May 13, 2009
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions To Lose Funding Under Obama Budget
The Obama administration proposed its first full education budget Thursday, with funding for an array of new programs but a net decrease for minority-serving colleges and universities.
May 7, 2009
African-American
Voorhees College Names Romanian Student Valedictorian
Victorita Paun’s first name may mean “little victory,” but Saturday the Voorhees College co-ed will claim a big victory — being named the first non-Black valedictorian in the historically Black institution’s 112-year history.
May 7, 2009
Latinx
New York’s Hostos College Names New President
Dr. Felix Matos Rodriguez, a former official in the government of Puerto Rico, has been named president of Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
May 3, 2009
Latinx
HSIs, HBCUs Seek Greater Visibility From White House
Advocates of minority-serving institutions seek changes while monitoring newappointments to senior U.S. Department of Education posts.
April 29, 2009
State Postsecondary Education Research
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