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Students
Nevada Higher Ed Seeks Increased American Indian Enrollment
Higher education officials have formed a coalition to try to turn around the historically low number of American Indian students who go on to college in Nevada.
April 17, 2008
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African-American
Course Watch: Expanding Offerings in Less Commonly Taught Languages
This semester, the University of Pittsburgh is offering a course in Xhosa, the second most widely spoken language in South Africa, through its linguistics and African studies departments.
April 16, 2008
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Asian American Pacific Islander
UCLA Scholars Receive Research Award for Study of Asian Students
The authors of the largest compilation and analysis of data on Asian American college students recently received the 2008 Asian Pacific American Network Outstanding Contribution to APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans) Research Award from the American College Personnel Association-College Student Educators International.
April 16, 2008
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Latinx
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Win Grants To Spur Economic Growth
Colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps.
April 16, 2008
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African-American
REVISITING A CLASSIC
Things Fall Apar t is being brought back to center stage after 50 years for its role in shaping modern African literature.
April 16, 2008
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Native Americans
DIVERSIFYING PEDAGOGY
Indigenous Ways of Knowing has been making its way out of tribal colleges into mainstream universities, but this method of teaching has its critics.
April 16, 2008
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Students
University of California Makes Room for Record 60,000 Freshmen
The University of California has accepted a record 60,008 California residents as freshmen for the coming fall despite worries that cuts in state funding could lead to overcrowded campuses and tuition increases, officials said Monday.
April 15, 2008
Latinx
HSI Leaders Appeal For Increased Funding
With the White House proposing cuts for their favored programs next year, leaders of Hispanic-serving colleges and universities descended on Washington, D.C., this week to state their case for more, not less, funding for fiscal year 2009.
April 15, 2008
Native Americans
Native American, Indigenous Scholars Form New Interdisciplinary Association
During a three-day conference held at the University of Georgia this past weekend, Native American and indigenous scholars from around the world voted overwhelmingly to form what organizers say is the first-ever membership-based, interdisciplinary, scholarly association.
April 13, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Judging the Moral Character of Black and Hispanic Children
Examining the academic achievement disparities in K-12 education between Black and Hispanic students compared to White and Asian students is not a science, however the study of moral and ethical disparities that exist between the same groups could be groundbreaking and controversial.
April 10, 2008
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National Advisory Panel Report Multiplies Questions About Math Instruction
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP), created by the U.S. Department of Education in 2006 at President Bush’s urging, released its final report last month, which raises more questions than provides answers on the best practices of math instruction.
April 9, 2008
Latinx
Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds
A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.
April 8, 2008
Latinx
Seminar on Border Relations Puts Spotlight on University of Arizona
United States and Mexican experts are attending a seminar this week at the University of Arizona on issues facing Arizona and trends along the border, the university announced.
April 8, 2008
Latinx
Book Lets Latino Dropouts in Rural Areas Tell Their Stories
A new book, Latino Dropouts in Rural America: Realities and Possibilities, allows former high school students from rural communities in Idaho to tell their own stories about why they left school.
April 8, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Philadelphia Mayor Takes Part in Community College Black Male Summit
Numerous organizations intent on reversing alarming disparities in high school and college drop out and incarceration rates among Black males gathered in Philadelphia this week for a Call to Action Summit, sponsored by the Presidents’ Round Table of African-American CEOs, a group of Black community college presidents.
April 8, 2008
African-American
Blacks in Higher Education Meet
“I really feel good” was Dr. Roland Smith’s reaction to a question about the recently held meeting of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education.
April 7, 2008
African-American
Thousands Flock to Memphis to Reflect on King’s Legacy
After their four-hour meeting concluded on the afternoon of April 4, 1968, Jesse Epps extended a dinner invitation to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had arrived in Memphis with other civil rights leaders to rally on behalf of the city’s striking Black sanitation workers.
April 3, 2008
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Diverse Calendar
April 13-15 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 13th Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Madison Hotel Washington, D.C. Web: www.hacu.net April 13-16 The Community College Foundation TechEd 2008 Ontario Convention Center Ontario, Calif. Web: www.techedevents.org/2008 April 15-18 American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) 31st Annual National Conference “Advancing the Understanding of […]
April 2, 2008
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