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Latinx
Disappearing Act
Failure to educate a fast-growing segment of the U.S. work force — Latino males — may put the country at a global economic disadvantage, experts say.
September 16, 2009
Latinx
Enrolling vs. Serving Latino Students
For Hispanic-serving institutions, there’s a difference between enrolling and really ‘serving’ Latino students.
September 16, 2009
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE: Minority-serving Institutions Seek Long-term Funding Increases
Advocates seek additional funding through a couple of bills under consideration in Congress.
September 2, 2009
Latinx
FINDING THEIR IDENTITIES
Responding to the demands and needs of Asian-American Students, the University of Maryland, College Park, expands course offerings related to culture, identity.
September 2, 2009
African-American
A MEDIATING FORCE
Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.
September 2, 2009
Students
Finding Their Identities
Responding to the demands and needs of Asian American students, the University of Maryland expands course offerings related to culture, identity.
September 2, 2009
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Students
Unprecedented Federal Support Predicted for HBCUs
At the conclusion of the 2009 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a gathering of Black college leaders Wednesday that he predicts HBCUs will receive “unprecedented” levels of financial support under the Obama administration.
September 2, 2009
Latinx
Minority-Serving Institutions Seek Long-Term Funding Increases
Advocates seek additional funding through a couple of bills under consideration in Congress.
September 2, 2009
Latinx
Fewer Cubans Make Crossing to US; Economy Cited
The number of Cubans attempting to cross the Florida Straits has fallen by more than half, putting 2009 on track to be perhaps the lowest for migration from the communist island in almost a decade.
August 30, 2009
African-American
Archaeologists Search for Texas Plantation Remains
Archaeologists are combing through a site about 50 miles northwest of Houston that nearly two centuries ago became Texas’ largest plantation and then a staging area for Gen. Sam Houston’s troops before the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
August 23, 2009
Latinx
PRIDE AND PERIL
Once a beacon of hope for thousands of Black students denied access to higher education by predominantly White institutions, historically Black colleges and universities have educated generations of Black scientists, doctors,
August 19, 2009
Latinx
New Web Site Evaluates Colleges and Universities on Core Requirements
When it comes to college, paying a lot doesn’t necessarily mean getting a lot, a new Web site reports. WhatWillTheyLearn.com, launched by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), evaluates colleges and universities on their general education curricula and many of the most expensive schools received poor marks for requiring little study in core subjects.
August 19, 2009
Students
HBCU News Nuggets
With more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the country, we could not cover them all. Here’s a glimpse at initiatives some of them are pursuing.
August 19, 2009
Latinx
HBCU Power Brokers on Capitol Hill
Meet some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Pride and Peril: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Diverse identifies five threats facing HBCUs and five opportunities that could define their futures.
August 19, 2009
Latinx
More Black and Hispanic Students Taking the ACT Exam, College Readiness Levels Remain Flat
While scores and college readiness levels remained relatively flat from 2008, the numbers of Black and Hispanic high school graduates in 2009 who took the ACT college entrance exam remained the same or increased for a fourth consecutive year nationally, according to the ACT ‘Measuring College and Career Readiness: The Class of 2009’ report.
August 18, 2009
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Latinx
Partners for Digital Equality, The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and The National Hispanic University Announce Alliance
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August 17, 2009
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African-American
Gene Variant Predicts Racial Disparity in Hepatitis Treatment Success
Scientists say they’ve found a big reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for White patients than for African-Americans. It’s a tiny variation in a gene.
August 17, 2009
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