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African-American

Georgia State Professor Asa Hilliard Dies in Egypt

About 200 members of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) gathered Tuesday morning in Luxor, Egypt, at the tomb of Thutmose IV to commemorate the passing of one of the organization’s founders, the renowned multi-faceted scholar — Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III.

August 14, 2007

Competitiveness Bill Seeks To Attract Minorities To STEM Fields

A multi-billion dollar competitiveness bill headed for President Bush’s desk has several key provisions to attract more minority students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

August 12, 2007

Native Americans

All-Star event seeks to boost college prospects for American Indians

BARTLESVILLE Okla. Carol Conner asks participants in Oklahoma’s annual Indian All-State basketball games the same question every year: How many of them are planning on attending college?

August 12, 2007

Native Americans

Learning N.C. American Indian culture helps broaden horizons

ST. JAMES N.C. The flat coastal plain, punctuated by trailers and cornfields, offers few clues that this is the home of the Waccamaw-Siouans, a little-known American Indian tribe that has lived in southeastern North Carolina since the mid-1700s.

August 12, 2007

Immigrants use fraction of amount they contribute to Ark. economy

LITTLE ROCK A report prepared for legislators says Arkansas pays about $170 million a year to educate, imprison and provide services to immigrants a fraction of the amount, according to a separate study, that they contribute to the state’s economy.

August 12, 2007

Ore. study cites high drug use among Hispanics trying to adapt

PORTLAND Ore. A study led by an Oregon State University sociologist runs counter to some assumptions that Hispanic immigrants tend to bring their drug habits with them to the United States.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Legislator says he may want EKU president’s job

RICHMOND Ky. A state representative said he may consider pursuing the vacant president’s job at Eastern Kentucky University.

August 12, 2007

African-American

Kmart launches multicultural doll brands as popularity of ethnic toys grows

CHICAGO Toy store aisles are getting a multicultural makeover.

August 12, 2007

Clinton tackles ‘black enough’ question at Vegas conference

LAS VEGAS Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton focused on her experience and years of public service Thursday when asked the question: “Are you black enough?”

August 12, 2007

Deep in the Heart of Texas Higher Education

We are “on the road again” with our state editions and, as evident by our cover, we are focusing on the state of Texas.

August 8, 2007

African-American

Letters

Supreme Court Rejects School Race PlansDiverseeducation.com, June 28, 2007 The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is not at all strange when taking into account the actions of the Court since the retirement of Chief Justice Warren Burger and the ensuing appointments of associate justices whose politics have led to legal decisions resulting in the […]

August 8, 2007

The Evolution of a Texas HBCU

Now majority Hispanic, the historically black st. philip’s college has positioned itself to serve an increasingly diverse San Antonio population.

August 8, 2007

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

Native Americans

Rancher, linguist working to preserve native language

TWIN BUTTES N.D. An effort to save the Mandan language may rest on the shoulders of a 75-year-old horse rancher.

August 6, 2007

Immigration protests by seven college students set to end Sunday

PHOENIX A hunger strike intended to draw attention to a proposal in Congress to give children of illegal immigrants the chance to become U.S. citizens is drawing to a close.

August 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

School to use picture book to lure Hispanic men to college

MERCED Calif. Educators in Merced are using fotonovelas, graphic novels popular in Mexico, to attract Hispanic students to the local junior college.

August 6, 2007

Native Americans

ALA Inaugurates its First American Indian President

For the first time in its 131-year history, the American Library Association has tapped an American Indian to lead the world’s oldest and largest library organization. Dr. Loriene Roy, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information, was installed as president at the 2007 ALA national conference in late June.

August 2, 2007

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Native Americans

Native Leaders Protest Closure of UC-Berkeley’s Artifacts Restoration Unit

JUNEAU, Alaska Groups in Alaska are criticizing a California university’s decision to eliminate the unit that restores American Indian artifacts to their original owners.

July 29, 2007