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Students
Report Scrutinizes Colleges With Low Graduation Rates, Including MSIs
Less than 60 percent of new students graduate from the nation’s four-year colleges and universities within six years, according to a new study, and the rate is even lower at most of the historically Black and Hispanic-serving institutions included in the study.
June 2, 2009
Latinx
HSIs, Others Look to Census for Aid to Schools, Communities
Advocacy groups are seeing to it that the U.S. Census Bureau has the necessary resources to count all U.S. residents effectively.
May 27, 2009
Latinx
Sotomayor’s Nomination Reaffirms National Identity of U.S. Latinos, Scholars Say
The morning President Barack Obama introduced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee, Dr. Ruth E. Zambrana, a professor in the University of Maryland-College Park Women’s Studies department, received numerous phone calls from gleeful colleagues.
May 26, 2009
Children’s Literature and National Identity
Latinx
Volunteer Service Capacity Bill May Benefit MSIs
The Kennedy Serve America Act would create a variety of programs, including an Education Corps to help low-income youth improve educational achievement.
May 13, 2009
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions To Lose Funding Under Obama Budget
The Obama administration proposed its first full education budget Thursday, with funding for an array of new programs but a net decrease for minority-serving colleges and universities.
May 7, 2009
Latinx
New York’s Hostos College Names New President
Dr. Felix Matos Rodriguez, a former official in the government of Puerto Rico, has been named president of Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
May 3, 2009
Latinx
HSIs, HBCUs Seek Greater Visibility From White House
Advocates of minority-serving institutions seek changes while monitoring newappointments to senior U.S. Department of Education posts.
April 29, 2009
State Postsecondary Education Research
Faculty & Staff
Study Finds Minorities Underrepresented in Graduate School
To broaden the participation of graduate studies among underrepresented minorities, graduate studies programs must go beyond simply recruiting students from diverse groups and provide students with the support and resources needed to graduate, says a new report released by the Council of Graduate Schools.
April 23, 2009
Latinx
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Promotes a More Inclusive Environmental Movement
Lisa Jackson, the first African-American to serve as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is committed to diversifying the landscape of environmental advocacy, which is often defined by the contributions of White Americans.
April 21, 2009
Students
Expanding the Conversation
Hispanic law reviews provide an outlet to address Latino issues overlooked by other law reviews.
April 15, 2009
Latinx
Shut Out
Despite an increase in capacity, law schools have been admitting fewer African-American and Mexican American students over the last 15 years.
April 15, 2009
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions Called To Serve as Leaders in Student Retention
The Lumina Foundation for Education is requesting proposals for its Minority-Serving Institutions–Models of Success grant program.
April 7, 2009
Latinx
UCLA Launches Largest Mexican, Mexican American Online Archive
The University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Center, the UCLA Library, and the Arhoolie Foundation have launched the largest online digital archive of Mexican and Mexican American recordings.
April 1, 2009
Latinx
In Tough Economy, MSIs Win Funding Increases
Several minority-serving institutions receive much-needed earmarks.
April 1, 2009
Latinx
New Book Exposes Undocumented Students’ Struggles
Undocumented University of California, Los Angeles students share their struggles to help advance the DREAM Act.
April 1, 2009
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Latinx
Hard-fought MSI Technology Plan Needs Jump Start
After much work to get MSIs more technology funding, advocates face tough budget climate.
March 19, 2009
Latinx
What Will It Take To Increase Hispanics in STEM? Money, of Course
The National Science Foundation came to Hispanic-serving institutions for advice Sunday on the best way to tackle the dearth of Latinos in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
March 1, 2009
Latinx
Help for Part-time Students Among Recommendations Urged To Improve Latino Educational Attainment
Warning of an education crisis for the nation’s burgeoning Latino population, academic researchers and advocates came to Capitol Hill Friday, calling for quick action to avert that crisis.
March 1, 2009
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