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Latinx
MSIs, College Access Programs Gain in House Bill
Advocates for low-income students are hailing a new U.S. House of Representatives agreement that would increase funding for college access programs and minority-serving institutions in 2008.
June 10, 2007
LGBTQ+
Campus Anti-Semitism, But Not Racism, Focus of Civil Rights Commission Web Site
A new effort by the federal government to crack down on anti-Semitism against Jewish students on U.S. colleges campuses has some questioning why more isn’t being done to also monitor racist activity directed towards African-American, Hispanic and other racial minority college students.
June 4, 2007
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Latinx
Low Percentage of Latino Students Transfer From Community Colleges to Four-Year Universities, UCLA Study Shows
LOS ANGELES Although a majority of Latino students in California are enrolled in the community-college system, only a handful transfer to a four-year university, according to a new report by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
May 31, 2007
Asian American Pacific Islander
Carving Out Their Own Niche
African-American cultural expression is one of the many influences fueling Asian-American artistry.
May 30, 2007
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Latinx
Minority-Serving Institutions Scrambling For Quick Funds
HSIs look for increased federal funding through NSF and farm bills.
May 30, 2007
Students
Coming to Terms With the “R” Word
Colleges may boast diversity, but what does that really mean for campus climate?
May 30, 2007
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Sports
The Prevalence of Black Females In College Sports: It’s Just An Illusion
If you had a chance to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship in April, you probably noticed that 80 percent of the starters for Rutgers and Tennessee were non-White.
May 30, 2007
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Native Americans
Bringing the Global Market to Native Lands
At the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, a group of college entrepreneurs are preparing to enter the global market by launching an American Indian news service — and without ever having to step foot off the reservation.
May 23, 2007
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Asian American Pacific Islander
Lawyer: Duke Cheating Case Hit Asian Students Hardest
DURHAM, N.C. Asian students involved in a cheating scandal at the Duke University business school were punished more severely than others, their attorney says.
May 21, 2007
Students
How UCLA’s Black Enrollment Rebounded
Community leaders and Black alumni stepped up to help boost Black enrollment at the University of California, Los Angeles this year. The number of Black students who said they plan to enroll as freshmen in the fall doubled from 103 to 203, bringing the percentage of Black UCLA freshmen to 4.5 percent, up from 2.2 percent a year ago.
May 21, 2007
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African-American
Old Problem, New Approach
Jackie Johnson, an instructor of computer education at Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina, has developed an educational Web site with the goal of making science “cool” for Black youth.
May 16, 2007
Students
In Fairness
Tribal college leaders criticize proposal to fund nontribal institutions with 10 percent American Indian student enrollment.
May 16, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
A Tenure Not Soon Forgotten
After 34 years on the Wellesley College faculty, Dr. Tony Martin’s teachings have at times been controversial, but his mentoring of Black women is what his students will remember most.
May 16, 2007
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Students
HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students
Campus silence is read as lack of support.
May 16, 2007
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Native Americans
And North Dakota Makes Four
It seems that the long battle for state support of tribal colleges is beginning to slowly pay off for American Indian leaders and supporters.
May 13, 2007
Students
University panel says student parody “harassed” blacks
BOSTON A judicial panel at Tufts University on Thursday ruled that a conservative campus journal “harassed” blacks by publishing a Christmas carol parody called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” that many found racist.
May 13, 2007
Native Americans
We Want to be Included, Say Women Tribal Leaders
ATLANTA Four women from American Indian tribes came together in a panel organized by Spelman College on Wednesday to ask Americans not to forget about them in conversations about diversity and race.
May 10, 2007
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Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian Panel Debunks “Model Minority” Myth
When early news reports about the Virginia Tech shootings indicated the alleged perpetrator was Asian, Yixin Li, a University of Maryland freshman, said he prayed the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, would be Korean or Vietnamese and not a fellow Chinese. That distinction didn’t matter to some observers because “after the incident people started calling me Cho,” Li recalled Wednesday at a forum, “The End of the Model Minority Myth: Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from Asian American Perspectives.”
May 9, 2007
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