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African-American
What Gives With The Covenant With Black America?
Not only was the book nowhere to be found at a major bookstore in New Orleans — which has long carried a “Chocolate City” designation — but the clerk had never even heard of it….
May 17, 2006
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Latinx
Intellectual Expansion Through International Learning
I can remember seeing a large paper map of the world in grade school. It showed the United States as a large body of land that seemed to…
May 17, 2006
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Latinx
New Mexico State Hopes to Draw Students from Minority-Serving Institutions
New Mexico State University regents, seeking to boost enrollment, have approved three programs involving out-of-state tuition waivers — including a pilot project to analyze the elimination of nonresident tuition.
May 15, 2006
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Native Americans
Yale Secret Society May Have Stolen Apache Leader Skull, Says Researcher
A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University’s ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo.
May 9, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Professors’ Salaries at Minority-serving Institutions Lag Counterparts
A recent study, “The Devaluing of Higher Education: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2005-06,” found that overall average salaries for professors declined for the second year in a row…
May 8, 2006
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Latinx
House Votes to Reauthorize Higher Education Act
After years of partisan bickering, the House of Representatives has passed a measure reauthorizing the Higher Education Act for six years on a 221-199 near-party line vote…
May 3, 2006
Students
For Missing Civil Rights Hero, A Degree at Last
If Lloyd Gaines is alive, his law degree is waiting for him. The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law has decided to award an honorary degree to Gaines 68 years after…
May 3, 2006
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Latinx
Study Details How U.S. Can Lessen
By taking the right measures, the United States could end its dependence on oil imported from the Middle East by 2025, says a recent study by a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley…
May 3, 2006
LGBTQ+
California Bill Would Require Textbooks Mention Gays’ Contributions
California State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, says a key aspect of history is missing from school textbooks – the contributions homosexuals have made…
May 1, 2006
African-American
University of Arkansas Professor Identifies School’s First Black Student
A University of Arkansas professor has identified the person he believes was the school’s first Black student. Sociologist Gordon Morgan has sought the identity of the student for years and recently got his answer: James McGahee, one of the institution’s original students when it opened in 1872.
April 30, 2006
Sports
Novel by Harvard Student Pulled From Stores
Rarely has an author succeeded, then failed, as quickly as Kaavya Viswanathan, the Harvard University sophomore who acknowledged lifting material for her debut novel…
April 27, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Auditor: UMKC Faculty Diversity is ‘Worst’ He’s Seen
The University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty, according to an audit commissioned by the school.
April 27, 2006
Sports
Harvard Sophomore Accused of Plagiarism in Debut Novel
The publisher of a 19-year-old Harvard University sophomore’s debut novel is investigating the work because it includes several passages that are similar to a book by another author published in 2001….
April 24, 2006
Native Americans
Chippewa Tribe Seeks to Curb Drug Epidemic By Testing at North Dakota Community College
Officials of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa are taking steps to address what they say is an epidemic drug problem on the northern North Dakota reservation…
April 23, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Summers’ Nixing of Latino Studies
In the months following his ascension to the presidency in July 2001, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was presented with two proposals to boost multicultural research at the university…
April 19, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
The Rebirth of D-Q University
The Phoenix is a traditional symbol of rebirth, but for D-Q University, a bolt cutter may be a more appropriate image. After more than 30 years as California’s only two-year tribal college…
April 19, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Summers’ Nixing of Latino Studies
In the months following his ascension to the presidency in July 2001, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was…
April 18, 2006
Latinx
Hispanic Group Claims Olgethorpe University’s Language Policy Discriminatory
The alleged policy targeted three Spanish-speaking housekeepers, according to a motion filed last week by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund…
April 16, 2006
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