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Section: Demographics
Latinx
Sweeping New Immigration Laws in Georgia and Alabama Impact Migrant Labor Trends
Among findings from Dr. Cesar Escalante’s studies is that as the foreign labor supply, chiefly undocumented Latinos, has declined, 67 percent of surveyed Southern state farmers reported having difficulty finding workers.
July 24, 2011
African-American
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Take Obama Critique on the Road
Black activists Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning a 15-city “Poverty Tour” to bring attention to the needy and to what they say are the failings of President Barack Obama.
July 24, 2011
African-American
Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions
University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.
July 24, 2011
Latinx
Births, Not New immigrants, Push U.S. Latino Growth
With immigration slowing, babies born in the U.S. rather than newly arrived Mexican immigrants are now driving most of the fast growth in the Latino population.
July 21, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Blood Detective
University of California, Irvine hematologist Dr. Jae Chang specializes in blood cell analysis to diagnose obscure, complex disorders that stymie or get missed by many physicians.
July 21, 2011
African-American
N.J. Governor Chris Christie, Education Reformer Geoffrey Canada Announce Partnership
Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone engages community partners to develop a holistic, or comprehensive, approach to K-12 education that emphasizes college graduation as the students’ long-term goal.
July 20, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Talented Young Black Scholars Find an Open Path to Ivy League
With the influx of a new generation of highly trained Black Ph.D.s, Ivy League institutions are aggressively courting these young scholars fresh out of graduate school.
July 20, 2011
Students
Study Looks at School Discipline in Texas
Almost 60 percent of Texas public school students received punishments ranging from expulsion to in-school suspensions at least once between seventh and 12th grades, according to a new Texas A&M study.
July 19, 2011
African-American
Official: Luther College Student Warned of Death on Frantic Call
Authorities have declined for months to release key details about the death of Luther College student Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah. But Winneshiek County Attorney Andy Van Der Maaten provided the most complete account yet of the investigation during an interview with The Associated Press.
July 19, 2011
African-American
State Colleges Seeking More Out-of-State, International Students Amid Fiscal Crunch
For state institutions, the monetary incentive of affluent students paying higher tuition could squeeze out low-income minorities.
July 19, 2011
African-American
University of Oregon Program Puts Teens on Course
Sunday marked the first day of 2011’s Oregon Young Scholars Program, a weeklong residential program for “historically underrepresented” high-school-age students from a targeted group of schools in the Portland and Eugene areas.
July 18, 2011
Students
Harvard Training College Teachers on Black History
Two dozen college teachers from around the country are participating this month in a Harvard program aimed at training professors to integrate more Black history into their classrooms and research projects.
July 17, 2011
Students
Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Southern University Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit
A federal judge has tossed out a reverse discrimination suit against Texas Southern University by a White faculty member who was terminated for his questionable handling of scholarship funds.
July 14, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Ethnic Art Falling Out of Favor?
Transnational nature of contemporary art draws in history from around the world, thus requiring the academy to change its teaching strategy.
July 13, 2011
African-American
Black Seaman’s 1861 Heroics Recalled in New Film
Among highlights in the documentary “Search for the Jefferson Davis: Trader, Slaver, Raider” is the story of William Tillman, a Black seaman whose heroics thwarted the sale of a schooner that had been captured by the Jefferson Davis, a Southern privateer that seized several Union ships during the Civil War.
July 12, 2011
African-American
Puerto Rican Scholar Ricardo Alegria Dies at 90
Dr. Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island’s native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital’s colonial district, died Thursday.
July 12, 2011
Faculty & Staff
First African-American Named to Lead Lexington Theological Seminary
The flagship seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) made history last week when trustees voted to name Dr. Charisse Gillett, the 17th president of the Lexington Theological Seminary.
July 10, 2011
Native Americans
Native American Rights Lawyer, Former University of Colorado Law Dean Dies at 68
The Boulder Daily Camera reports that university officials say David Getches died at his home on Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.
July 7, 2011
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