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Getting to Know: Denny McAuliffe

Denny McAuliffe realized early on that traditional college recruiting wasn’t going to bring more American Indians to journalism school. As a result, “We don’t recruit,” he says. “We go to them.”

July 25, 2007

Responding to A Growing Market

Cal State-Northridge minor trains students to cover Spanish-speaking communities.

July 25, 2007

Closing the Digital Divide at Minority-serving Institutions

The U.S. Senate has approved a new $250 million federal program to address the digital divide at historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and other minority-serving universities, as part of a far-reaching higher education reform bill that also simplifies the federal financial aid application.

July 23, 2007

Native Americans

Recommendation backs Cherokee opposition to federal review

MUSKOGEE Okla. A federal official has recommended that a Cherokee Nation vote to remove federal oversight from the tribe’s constitution and amendments be approved.

July 22, 2007

Native Americans

R.I. loses lawsuit casting doubt on Indian land trusts

PROVIDENCE R.I. Rhode Island authorities lost a lawsuit Friday disputing the federal government’s ability to take land into trust for American Indian tribes, a case Indian rights groups fear could undermine tribal land across the country.

July 22, 2007

African-American

Past may be destroyed: Development threatens hidden artifacts

GREENSBORO N.C. Mark Willis and several of his friends have spent decades combing the fields, stream banks and woods north of Greensboro in search of lost treasure.

July 22, 2007

Native Americans

Virginia festival to showcase 15 American Indian tribes

HAMPTON Va. Powhatan Red Cloud-Owen occasionally runs into people including other American Indians who are surprised to learn there are still Indian tribes in Virginia.

July 22, 2007

Best and Brightest: No Age-limit On Achieving One’s Dream, Conquering Fears

Patricia Doty is far from the traditional college student. At 55, when most her age are discussing retirement plans, she still has dreams, and one of them she recently accomplished when she graduated with a master’s degree in vocational rehabilitation from Winston-Salem State University, in North Carolina.

July 21, 2007

House Approves Major Funding Increase For HBCUs

Citing the need for a dramatic funding increase, the House of Representatives has approved a plan to raise Black college funding by $125 million next year – 40 percent more than the current budget.

July 18, 2007

Just the Stats: How to Increase Minority Presence in STEM Fields at Your Institution

A few weeks ago, I started to look at the programs that work to boost minority participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, specifically Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) is another successful program that focuses on helping STEM students by providing long-term institutional funding to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, and tribal colleges and universities. The National Science Foundation provides funding for both programs.

July 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Rare Letter for Sale: Pardon of Black Underground RR Hero

PHILADELPHIA A letter that documents President Franklin Pierce’s pardon of a black man who harbored slaves went up for sale Monday.

July 18, 2007

Arkansas DWI Program Reflects Cultural Differences of Hispanic Offenders

BENTONVILLE, Ark. Emmanuel Flores says the court-ordered alcohol-safety programs he teaches require some modifications when the students who have been convicted of driving while intoxicated are Hispanic.

July 17, 2007

Native Americans

Navajo Leaders Meet with Indian Affairs Delegate

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Needs across Indian Country include jails, schools, infrastructure and water. On the Navajo Nation, those needs surface on a much larger scale than elsewhere, a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs official says.

July 17, 2007

African-American

Black firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suit

NEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.

July 17, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

Univ. of Mississippi to Open Japanese Saturday School

OXFORD Miss. The University of Mississippi plans to open a Japanese Saturday school for children whose families are moving from Japan to work at a Toyota plant that is being built in Blue Springs.

July 15, 2007

Ore. Profs Develop Email For Those With Cognitive Disabilities

EUGENE Ore. Two professors at the University of Oregon have launched a simplified e-mail program aimed at people with cognitive disabilities.

July 15, 2007

Grant Prompts Future Special Ed Teachers to Enroll in UNH Training Program

DURHAM N.H. Thanks to several federal grants, New Hampshire soon may be seeing more special education teachers.

July 15, 2007

African-American

The Edge of Heaven – Review

The Edge of Heaven by Marita Golden, Doubleday, $22.95,288 pages.

July 15, 2007