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Grants & Gifts
The AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION has received $250,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help support ACE’s Initiative for Severely Injured Veterans, which helps veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan pursue a college education. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE (N.Y.) has received a $20 MILLION gift, the largest in its history, from John and Pat Klingenstein to further […]
April 2, 2008
Students
Current LGBT Students Find Sororities, Fraternities More Hospitable Than Past Graduates
While there have always been members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in fraternities and sororities, it is only in the last decade that they have been acknowledged.
April 2, 2008
Students
Filipino American Studies Takes Root At UIUC
As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.
April 2, 2008
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Latinx
MSIs Score Significant Victory in Congress
More minority-serving institutions are competing for and winning Homeland Security Department funding.
April 2, 2008
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Students
FINALLY TAKING ROOT
As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.
April 2, 2008
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Latinx
Northeastern Illinois University Program Seeks to Empower Hispanic Scholars
In Spanish, the word “enlace” is defined as a mechanism that unites two or more things or elements together.
April 1, 2008
Professional Development
Latinx
Addressing Low Representation
Despite 30 years of affirmative action, the faculty profile at the majority of American colleges and universities remains largely White.
April 1, 2008
Professional Development
Latinx
UT-El Paso and Community College Join in Program to Help Students Succeed
Academic advising, institutional programs and student engagement are critical factors to Hispanic student success, according to officials at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC). The two schools have formed a joint partnership program for the students in their area.
April 1, 2008
Latinx
Chicana Educator Honored at UC San Diego
Gracia Molina Enriquez de Pick, an activist in the international feminist movement and lifelong proponent of educational reform was the honoree for the University of California at San Diego’s Cesar Chavez celebration kickoff on Tuesday (April 1).
April 1, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Chicano/Latino History Scholar Named Dean at UC Irvine
Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz, a University of California/Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of Humanities.
April 1, 2008
African-American
Perspectives: Black Churches Are Unfairly Under Attack
From where I sit Black churches are under attack. Cable news shows have over zealously played the sound bites of a few of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons to a point where I believe it damages the positive role that Black churches play in the community.
March 31, 2008
Faculty & Staff
At Diversifying Colleges Tenure Still a Hurdle for Women, Minorities
Educators gathered for the workshop on promoting faculty diversity at the National Education Association: American Federation of Teachers (NEA-AFT) conference held in Washington last week, heard from higher education officials about not only achieving a racially diverse faculty, but achieving a diversity, which also includes women and people with disabilities.
March 30, 2008
Students
North Dakota State Probes Bawdy Campus Skit
North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a White student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance.
March 30, 2008
Latinx
Immigrants More Likely to Commit Suicide After Divorce, Study Finds
A study of Riverside County residents co-authored by a team of sociologists found that divorced immigrants are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as native-born Americans who are divorced.
March 25, 2008
Latinx
Immigrants More Likely to Commit Suicide After Divorce, Study Finds
A study of Riverside County residents co-authored by a team of sociologists found that divorced immigrants are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as native-born Americans who are divorced.
March 25, 2008
Latinx
New Report Says Oklahoma’s Anti-illegal-immigrant Bill to Cost State $1.3B
A new study estimates that Oklahoma’s anti-illegal immigration law will cause $1.8 billion in economic losses as foreign-born workers flee the state.
March 25, 2008
Students
Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint
A group of American Indian students is upset about a University of North Dakota sorority party last fall in which students dressed up in Indian costumes and wore red makeup on their faces and bodies.
March 23, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
State Board Says No Time for Hispanic Input on New Curriculum
The chairman of the State Board of Education said there is insufficient time to seek input from Hispanic experts before new reading and writing curriculum standards for Texas public school students are adopted.
March 19, 2008
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