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Section: Demographics
Latinx
La Raza Program Seeks To Boost Hispanic College Student Retention
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jafet Carrasco doesn’t know anyone who has been to college besides his teachers. He hears people talk about credit hours, but he’s not sure what they are. And he knows college costs money, but not how much.
November 21, 2006
African-American
Still Dealing AT Duke
Dr. Karla Holloway, the William R. Kenan Professor of English at Duke University
November 15, 2006
African-American
Scholars: Slavery’s Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs
Several hundred people spent a day and a half recently at Brandeis University discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery…
November 15, 2006
Leadership & Policy
ACE Report Cites Enrollment Gains, Retention Problems
The college enrollment of Hispanic students jumped nearly 70 percent between 1993-2003…
November 15, 2006
African-American
Brown University Applauded for Examination of Its Ties to Slavery
A Brown University committee investigating the institution’s ties to slavery has recommended the school atone for its past by creating a slave trade memorial…
November 15, 2006
Students
Historians John Hope Franklin, Yu Ying-shih Named Winners of 2006 John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity
Drs. John Hope Franklin and Yu Ying-shih have been named the recipients of the third John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity, the Library of Congress announced Wednesday. They will share the $1 million prize.
November 14, 2006
Students
Black Students Issue New Deadline To Indiana-Purdue Over Inequity Claims
INDIANAPOLIS Black students at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis have issued a new deadline for the university administration to answer requests for a campus center for them, an African-American studies program and $78,000 to Black organizations.
November 14, 2006
Students
Ohio State Students Protest Closing of Black Studies Library
COLUMBUS, Ohio A student group has created an online petition protesting the closure of two Ohio State University campus libraries: the Black studies library and the women’s studies library.
November 13, 2006
Native Americans
A Matter of Survival
To the average ear, the words and sounds of Arapaho are from another world…
November 8, 2006
African-American
Howard University Forges New Ties for Freedman Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. Howard University will participate in a historic collaboration with the Genealogical Society of Utah, the National Archives and Records Administration and the Black History Museum and Cultural Heritage Center of Virginia to index Virginia’s Freedmen’s Bureau records – the “genesis records” of African-American identity in the post-Civil War era.
November 7, 2006
Students
Black Students At Indiana-Purdue To Sue Over Alleged Inequities
INDIANAPOLIS A group of Black students at Indiana-Purdue University-Indianapolis is threatening to sue the college over alleged discrimination.
November 4, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Missouri State University Faces Lawsuit By Student Over Gay Adoption, “Christian Beliefs”
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. A Missouri State University graduate has sued the school, claiming she was retaliated against because she refused to support gay adoption as part of a class project.
November 2, 2006
Native Americans
Examining the American Indian Experience
In 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush designated November as…
November 1, 2006
Asian American Pacific Islander
Refuting Myths
Very good analysis…
November 1, 2006
Native Americans
Getting to Know Dr. Denise Askin
American Indian literature classes are not plentiful at U.S. colleges and universities
November 1, 2006
African-American
Little Known Facts About the Education Of Colin Powell
A 1917 law required Powell’s father to pass a literacy test to enter the United States from Jamaica…
November 1, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Columbia University Announces Creation
Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans…
November 1, 2006
African-American
Coppin State and NASA Launch Project On the Slave Trade
Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during…
November 1, 2006
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