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Section: Demographics > Latinx
Faculty & Staff
Diversity Champions
Diversity — probably one of the most elastic and debated terms around today.
August 20, 2008
Latinx
Approved HEA Bill Offers More Aid for Low-income Students
Reauthorized Higher Education Act includes new funding for graduate programs at minority-serving institutions.
August 20, 2008
Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston Web: www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for Developmental Education 4th International Conference on Research in Access and Developmental Education The Condado Plaza Hotel San Juan, P.R. Phone: (828) 262-3057 Web: www.ncde.appstate.edu Oct. 1-4 National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference […]
August 20, 2008
Latinx
Hispanic Growth Not Reflected on U.S. Olympic Squad
Hispanics have rapidly emerged as the largest minority group in the United States, comprising 15 percent of the population, but on the U.S. Olympic team assembling in China they are for a range of reasons strikingly underrepresented.
August 6, 2008
Latinx
Pell Grant One of Few Winners in 2009 Budget
Despite work on education spending bill, Congress unlikely to complete work until after general election.
August 6, 2008
African-American
Summer Reading for the Teachers
A little variety to stretch the mind — gently.
August 6, 2008
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Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Sept. 7-10 National HBCU Week Hyatt Regency Washington, D.C. Web: www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/ whhbcu/edlite-index.html Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference and Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. Web: www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston Web: www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for […]
August 6, 2008
Latinx
Probe: Fed Employees May Have Bought Fake Degrees
Immigration officials are looking through a list of more than 9,000 names to see how many federal employees may have bought a phony high school or college degree from a Spokane, Wash.-based diploma mill.
August 5, 2008
Latinx
Course Helps Foster Hispanic-Jewish Bonds
When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew words in their church names.
August 5, 2008
Students
Hispanic Caucus Applauds Higher Education Bill
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) applauded the passage of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4137, on July 31 by a vote of 380-49 in the House and 83-8 in the Senate. The bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
August 5, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Homeland Security and UT Brownsville Reach Accord on Campus Border Fence
The University of Texas at Brownsville and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement this week barring the government from condemning any university land and committing the school to beefing up security along its existing fence, according to wire reports…
August 5, 2008
Students
House Approves HEA Bill; Senate Vote Next
The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to renew the Higher Education Act and make changes in a variety of programs from Pell Grants and student loans to those for minority-serving institutions.
July 31, 2008
Latinx
Texas Education Agency to Appeal Bilingual Ruling
The state education agency said it plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to appeal a federal judge’s ruling requiring the state of Texas to improve bilingual education programs for secondary school students, according to media reports.
July 29, 2008
Leadership & Policy
New Council at UK Works to Reach More Latino Students
The University of Kansas’s newly formed Latino Vision Council is working to find ways to assist Latinos in gaining access to college.
July 29, 2008
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Faculty & Staff
Delaware Professor Awarded Competitive Fellowship
Rosalie Rolon-Dow, assistant professor of education at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious and highly competitive Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for next year.
July 29, 2008
Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference and Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for Developmental Education 4th International Conference on Research in Access and Developmental Education The Condado […]
July 23, 2008
Latinx
Latino Scholar to Lecture at Princeton Seminary
The Princeton Theological Seminary announced that its Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) will award the Reverend Dr. RaĂşl GĂłmez Ruiz, SDS, its annual book prize for 2008.
July 22, 2008
Latinx
Ex-INS Commissioner Named to Migration Post
James W. Ziglar, who served as the last Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and has had a distinguished career in the private and public sectors, is joining the Migration Policy Institute as a Senior Fellow in August 2008, MPI announced.
July 22, 2008
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