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Web Site Offers College Consumers One-Stop Comparison Shop

WASHINGTON The association representing the single largest group of independent, private higher education institutions has introduced a Web site that allows aspiring college students and their parents to research and compare private colleges and universities.

October 16, 2007

African-American

Columbia University’s Institute of African Studies Reopens Under New Leadership

Columbia University has reopened its Institute of African Studies and has hired a new director as a result of widespread protests among students and alumni.

October 16, 2007

High-tech Help on the Way

Both chambers of Congress have passed a technology bill for MSIs. Now they need to bridge their differences to bridge the digital divide at MSIs.

October 16, 2007

King of Spain Bestows Honor on William and Mary Professor

WILLIAMSBURG Va. The king of Spain is honoring a College of William and Mary professor with his country’s highest cultural achievement award.

October 16, 2007

Ore. Parents Sue After English-speaking Son Placed in ESL Class

HILLBORO Ore. The parents of a Latino boy who does not speak Spanish filed a $700,000 federal lawsuit against the Hillsboro School District, alleging that educators placed their son in an English as a Second Language program solely because of his ethnicity.

October 16, 2007

New Jersey Eyes Ways to Improve Latino Services

Language translators would be made available in all state departments and the state would recruit teachers from Spain and Puerto Rico under recommendations delivered Monday to New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

October 15, 2007

Native Americans

Wisconsin Tribes Speak Out Against Offensive Sports Mascots

GREEN BAY Wis. Ahead of a state hearing this week on racially insensitive sports mascots, members of Wisconsin tribes decried the Washington Redskins’ name and logo as the NFL team played the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

October 15, 2007

International Panel to Address Latino Education at Annual HACU Conference

An international panel of experts will discuss critical issues for Hispanics in higher education as part of the annual meeting of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) set for Oct. 20-22 in Chicago.

October 14, 2007

Study Notes College-access Barriers Faced By Asian American Students

Despite the pervasive “model-minority” myth of overachieving Asian Americans easily getting into U.S. colleges and universities, a study at the University of California, Los Angeles has found that more Asian American students are facing problems in accessing higher education opportunities than ever before.

October 10, 2007

Improving Outcomes of Latino Students Focus of Forum

Latino college students who have the support of their families, start college planning by the eighth grade, take three or more years of mathematics, and start at a four-year institution are more likely to finish college, according to a new report that suggests these attributes form a strategy for closing the college-completion gap between Latino and Whites.

October 10, 2007

New Guide to Find Most Gay-friendly Campuses

Colleges and universities are increasingly finding ways to provide safe and welcoming environments to students of all sexual orientations.

October 9, 2007

Tennessee universities take steps to recruit more Hispanics

NASHVILLE Tenn. Universities across Tennessee are taking steps to recruit more Hispanics to diversify their student bodies, officials say.

October 9, 2007

Group Wants Hate-crime Inquiry into Mexican Flag Incident at the University of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE The New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens has asked state and federal officials to investigate a University of New Mexico student who is accused of tearing down a Mexican flag.

October 9, 2007

New Report: College Readiness of Latino Students Improving

Latino high school graduates are more prepared for college and workforce training than they were in 2002, according to a recent report released by The ACT, a national achievement testing firm.

October 9, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hispanic graduation rate at the University of Maryland lagging

The six-year graduation rate among Hispanic students at the University of Maryland is lagging behind those of white and Asian students by about 15 percent, university President Dan Mote said in his State of the Campus address this year.

October 8, 2007

Cartoon in UK’s College Newspaper Spurs Controversy

LEXINGTON, Ky. An editorial cartoon depicting a bare-chested Black student on an auction block that ran in the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper on Friday has sparked student protest.

October 7, 2007

The Rise of the Ghetto-Fabulous Party

In a recent article published in Colorlines, Dr. C. Richard King, an associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, and Dr. David J. Leonard, an assistant professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, argue that the “gangsta” parties could be the culmination of two decades of conservative politics at colleges and the “corporatization” of American universities.

October 4, 2007

African-American

University of St. Thomas Won’t Host Desmond Tutu, Citing His Criticism of Israel

ST. PAUL, Minn. A private Roman Catholic college in Minnesota has shelved plans to invite Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu to speak, fearing that his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will offend the Jewish community, a school official said.

October 3, 2007