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African-American
Tennessee Seeks Appeal to Reverse Fisk Art Sale Approval
The Tennessee Attorney General on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to hear his arguments against two lower state courts’ decisions allowing Fisk University to sell part ownership in its treasured Stieglitz Collection
January 31, 2012
African-American
Nursing Program Aims To Train Minority Students for Service in Rural Areas
Built on more than a year of outreach and recruitment at minority-serving institutions, the federally funded PRIDE program has attracted 26 students to Frontier Nursing University who are training as either nurse practitioners or nurse midwives.
November 22, 2011
Faculty & Staff
College Faculty Lauded for Excellence, Work in Promoting College Goal
Assistant U.S. Secretary for Postsecondary Education Eduardo Ochoa delivered the keynote talk at U.S. Education Department event that honored top U.S. college and university faculty members.
November 17, 2011
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Students
APLU Panel Addresses Challenges of Minorities Enrolled in STEM Fields
Despite growing public awareness and collective efforts to increase the ranks of U.S. minority college students seeking degrees in STEM fields, their supporters and advocates still struggle with many of the same issues today as they did several decades ago, a panel of educators says.
November 14, 2011
African-American
Improved Minority Teacher Recruitment Tied to Increasing Alternative Certification Programs
A Center for American Progress panel discussion on Wednesday sought to elevate the discussion on the merits of making America’s K-12 teaching force more diverse.
November 9, 2011
Students
Lumina Foundation Launches Latino College Completion Initiative
The Lumina Foundation is giving organizations and colleges that are building a pipeline of Latino students and promoting college completion a boost with a four-year, $600,000 grant for each institution.
November 7, 2011
Latinx
Professor Honored for His Work in Unearthing Treasures From Spain’s Golden Age
Dr. Ralph DiFranco excavates libraries and literary collections in the U.S. and abroad, digging for forgotten poetry and ballads from Spain’s Golden Age.
November 6, 2011
Faculty & Staff
College Prep Summer Programs Target Talented, Low-Income Students
Elite colleges team up to give talented yet impoverished youths the skills necessary to apply, gain admission and thrive at the nation’s most selective higher education institutions.
November 3, 2011
African-American
National Report Card Shows Only a Third of Country’s Fourth- and Eighth-Graders Proficient in Reading and Math
The numbers were even more dire for African-American and Hispanic students, whose proficiency rates ranged from 24 percent to as low as 13 percent.
November 1, 2011
Students
Latino Education Summit Convened, 2011 Obama Scholars Named by Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The Obama Scholars program was created after President Barack Obama donated $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund from his Nobel Peace Prize award in 2009.
October 26, 2011
Sports
Congressman John Conyers Urges Hearings on College Sports
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel to hold hearings on antitrust and other issues in college sports, including the recent series of conference realignments.
October 20, 2011
Students
Univision Calls Latinos to Action with “Educate Yourself, the Moment Is Now” Campaign
On Oct. 16, Univision Networks kicked off, “Edúcate, Es el Momento” (Educate Yourself, The Moment Is Now), a seven-day multiplatform initiative to promote Hispanic educational attainment.
October 20, 2011
African-American
Groups Mobilize To Stop Cuts for Minority-Serving Schools
Many of the nation’s leading higher education groups are urging Congress to reject a House of Representatives plan that would cut spending for Black, Hispanic-serving, tribal and other minority-serving colleges by more than 40 percent next year.
October 18, 2011
Students
The STEM Issue Branches Out to the Funny Pages
So, with all of the strength that a child can muster, Gracie — a Hispanic little girl — charged into the STEM arena. In the July 18 Baldo comic strip, which was carried by 200 newspapers, she matter-of-factly mentioned to Tia Carmen that she would focus on a “STEM area of study” when she went to college.
October 16, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report Provides Close Look at Diversity Among Asian American, Pacific Islander Students
College and university leaders should pay greater attention to the demographics of the growing number of their Asian-American and Pacific Islander students, a national commission urges.
October 11, 2011
Students
Texas University Breaking Ties With Community College
University of Texas at Brownsville to part ways with Texas Southmost College, ending unusual 20-year partnership.
October 10, 2011
Students
‘New Orleans in the Hamptons’ Raises College Scholarship Funds
Foundation fundraiser hosted by Soledad O’Brien and husband Brad Raymond brought movers and shakers together to lend a hand to college students.
October 10, 2011
Students
U.S.-Mexico Border Journalism Project Continues To Train Hispanics in Writing and Reporting
Borderzine is approaching its fifth anniversary with much to celebrate about its efforts to train aspiring Hispanic journalists using the populations on both sides of the nation’s 2,000-mile border with Mexico as its practical classroom.
October 9, 2011
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