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African-American
Making the Past Present
Historian Lonnie G. Bunch III talks often about “the ancestors.” On the job since July, the founding director of the…
February 8, 2006
Asian American Pacific Islander
Working Outside the System
Every January, the nation pauses to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holding just as much meaning…
February 8, 2006
African-American
Celebrating Black History Month
Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month….
February 8, 2006
African-American
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
In his best-selling book The World Is Flat, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman examines the technological and social shifts that have leveled the economic world…
February 8, 2006
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Native Americans
American Indian Programs Cut to Pay Lawyers in Trust Case
Interior Department officials, ordered to pay $7 million to lawyers for American Indians suing the government over lost royalties, cut Indian programs to find most of the money…
February 7, 2006
Sports
University of North Dakota President Says Nickname Fight Goes On
University of North Dakota President Charles Kupchella says the school’s fight to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname has gone too far to quit now…
February 6, 2006
Latinx
ETS Study Looks at Fragile Futures of High-achieving Latino Students
Many high-achieving Latino students miss the opportunity to succeed academically because their needs are poorly understood…
February 5, 2006
African-American
Farmers Insurance Group Announces National Black History Educational Initiative for Educators
Farmers Insurance Group has partnered with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to bring…
February 2, 2006
LGBTQ+
Red Cross to Continue Blood Drives at UVM Despite Ban on Blood Donations From Gay Men
The American Red Cross can continue holding blood drives at the University of Vermont despite a complaint that a ban on sexually active gay men giving blood violates the school’s nondiscrimination policy…
January 31, 2006
Students
Clemson Hosts National Conference in Black Student Achievement
Creating a climate for diversity on college campuses will help attract, retain and graduate more Black students…
January 26, 2006
Latinx
Congress Approves Cuts to Student Loan Programs
College students and their families will face higher student loan costs as the result of multiple recent congressional moves…
January 25, 2006
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Leadership & Policy
NCAA Says Tribe’s Support Won’t Save Generic
A Louisiana tribe’s blessing won’t save the University of Louisiana-Monroe’s “Indian” mascot from the NCAA’s displeasure…
January 25, 2006
African-American
Cornell Study Says Upstate Mexicans Largely Invisible
A new study by Cornell University finds more Mexican farmworkers are settling in rural upstate New York…
January 25, 2006
Latinx
Race, Identity and Academic Survival
Race, Identity and Academic Survival How Race is Made: Slavery, Segregation and the Senses By Mark M. Smith The University of North Carolina Press, 2006216 pp., $29.95 cloth, ISBN: 0-8078-3002-X For at least two centuries, says Mark M. Smith, White Southerners used all of their senses — not just their eyes — to construct racial […]
January 25, 2006
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African-American
Grants & Awards
Eastern Washington University has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to help equip the university’s new Computing and Engineering Building. Half of the funds will be used to purchase scientific equipment, while the other half will go towards an endowment to replace and maintain current equipment. Holy Names University (Calif.) has received […]
January 25, 2006
Students
Student Death Shifts Focus to Black Fraternities
The death of a University of Oklahoma fraternity member at a Stillwater party has brought scrutiny of the safety measures of predominantly Black Greek-lettered organizations…
January 24, 2006
African-American
Duke University Sociologist Notes ‘Reorganization of Black’
As an active member of his Brooklyn community, Roy Hastick takes plenty of inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream of racial peace…
January 17, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Eastern Washington University Board Picks First Latino President
Rodolfo Arevalo, provost at the University of Texas-Pan American, was named the 25th president of…
January 11, 2006
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