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Section: Demographics > Latinx
African-American
Philadelphia Gets $750K To Improve College Diploma Rate
A local philanthropist gave $750,000 to the city Monday toward its efforts to raise the number of Philadelphians with college degrees, which he said was critical to attracting jobs and businesses.
December 20, 2010
Latinx
DREAM Act Blocked in Senate
Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the military.
December 19, 2010
Students
Curriculum Reform at UT-Galveston Medical School Yields Improved Minority Student Board Results
The UT Medical Branch at Galveston has developed an approach that faculty members say have had a remarkable effect on its students’ performance on the medical board exam.
December 19, 2010
Students
College President Tackles Student Persistence, Campus Expansion
Helping students persist to graduation at Hispanic-serving New Jersey City University is a priority for Dr. Carlos Hernández.
December 16, 2010
Latinx
With Dream Act Shelved, Immigrants Look to 2012
The undocumented immigrants who more than a decade ago were just teens hoping to forge a legal path to citizenship are vowing to make the Dream Act a campaign issue come 2012.
December 15, 2010
Students
Keeping Latino Religion Scholars Faithful to the Classroom
The Princeton Theological Seminary’s Hispanic Theological Initiative helps Latino doctoral students launch careers as religion scholars.
December 15, 2010
Students
Garden State Abandons Minority Doctoral Program
New Jersey Legislature defunds the Minority Academic Careers program, making financing doctoral study a heavier burden for minority students.
December 14, 2010
Latinx
Early College Planning Essential for Latino Student Success, Experts Say
To ensure better college access and success for Latino students from low-income backgrounds, institutions should help them put together college plans as early as the eighth grade, according to experts at two Washington-area education events.
December 9, 2010
Latinx
Immigrant Students Give Blood To Show Citizenship
As Congress gets closer to a possible vote on the DREAM Act, college-aged undocumented immigrants are literally shedding blood for the cause.
December 5, 2010
African-American
Experts Recommend Improved Strategies for Getting Minority Males into Graduate School
The Council of Graduate Schools’ annual conference that wrapped up in Washington, D.C., over the weekend focused on the challenges associated with positioning students to pursue more than just a bachelor’s degree.
December 5, 2010
Students
Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders
The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.
November 23, 2010
Latinx
Lone Latina Senator in Mass. Defends Tuition Plan
Massachusetts’ only Latina state senator defended a state proposal last week to grant in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants and accused critics of the plan of spreading “fiction.”
November 21, 2010
African-American
Perspectives: A Chat and a Tweet on Race
A new, substantive and sustained conversation about race is needed but should originate in college classrooms.
November 21, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Academic Hiring Freeze Looms as Obstacle to Faculty Diversity
Recession reduces job opportunities in the professoriate, particularly in areas where minorities are clustered.
November 16, 2010
Latinx
Court Upholds In-state Tuition for Some Immigrants
The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that undocumented immigrants are entitled to the same tuition breaks offered to in-state high school students to attend public colleges and universities.
November 15, 2010
Latinx
Broadband Usage Growing Even as Gaps Persist
The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold from 2001 to 2009.
November 9, 2010
African-American
Researching Obesity’s Complexity and Impact
As the obesity problem grows, researchers investigate all facets of this condition while also working to make the public aware of the personal and economic toll of being big.
November 9, 2010
African-American
Medical School Association Diversity Chief Talks Health Care Reform
Dr. Marc Nivet, the Association of American Medical Colleges chief diversity officer, says the emphasis on prevention and wellness in the health care reform law will benefit minorities.
November 7, 2010
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