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Students
UDC to Study Monument Proposal for African-American Military Hero
The University of the District of Columbia is studying the cost of erecting a monument to honor Col. Charles Young — a pioneering Black military leader who supporters say is often overlooked.
July 26, 2011
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Programs in Connecticut, Nation Spur Teens to Teaching
While many of their friends are hanging out at the mall or beach, about 20 Connecticut high school students are spending much of their summer vacation in the classroom.
July 25, 2011
HBCUs
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Competition Seeks Diversity
Launched in 2003, Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition boasts a strong international presence, with students from more than 70 countries competing this past year.
July 25, 2011
Latinx
Legal Eagle Helps Florida International Law Grads Soar
Law school dean Alex Acosta has not hesitated to call upon some of the many attorneys he knew in his pre-FIU years to ask them to seriously consider his Florida International University students for opportunities.
July 25, 2011
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Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action May Get Second Look
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has pledged to ask an entire federal appeals court to suspend and re-examine a landmark decision that overturned the state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions.
July 24, 2011
Latinx
Sweeping New Immigration Laws in Georgia and Alabama Impact Migrant Labor Trends
Among findings from Dr. Cesar Escalante’s studies is that as the foreign labor supply, chiefly undocumented Latinos, has declined, 67 percent of surveyed Southern state farmers reported having difficulty finding workers.
July 24, 2011
African-American
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Take Obama Critique on the Road
Black activists Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning a 15-city “Poverty Tour” to bring attention to the needy and to what they say are the failings of President Barack Obama.
July 24, 2011
African-American
Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions
University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.
July 24, 2011
Latinx
Births, Not New immigrants, Push U.S. Latino Growth
With immigration slowing, babies born in the U.S. rather than newly arrived Mexican immigrants are now driving most of the fast growth in the Latino population.
July 21, 2011
Sports
Jackson State Hires First Female Athletic Director
Jackson State University has hired Vivian Fuller as its first female athletic director.
July 21, 2011
Community Colleges
Feds’ For-Profit Rule Gets Mixed Feedback
After a year of spirited debate on accountability of for-profit colleges, new federal regulations designed to curb abuses in the sector are getting a lukewarm response from many educators.
July 21, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Blood Detective
University of California, Irvine hematologist Dr. Jae Chang specializes in blood cell analysis to diagnose obscure, complex disorders that stymie or get missed by many physicians.
July 21, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Harvard Professor Resigns After Misconduct Probe
A Harvard University psychology professor has resigned more than 10 months after a faculty investigation found him “solely responsible” for eight instances of scientific misconduct at the Ivy League school.
July 20, 2011
African-American
N.J. Governor Chris Christie, Education Reformer Geoffrey Canada Announce Partnership
Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone engages community partners to develop a holistic, or comprehensive, approach to K-12 education that emphasizes college graduation as the students’ long-term goal.
July 20, 2011
International
Interview: Joan Dassin, International Student Fellowship Program Leader
The Hechinger Report spoke with Ford Foundation’s Joan Dassin to get her thoughts on the foundation’s International Fellowships Program and what others can learn from the program.
July 20, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Talented Young Black Scholars Find an Open Path to Ivy League
With the influx of a new generation of highly trained Black Ph.D.s, Ivy League institutions are aggressively courting these young scholars fresh out of graduate school.
July 20, 2011
Students
Study Looks at School Discipline in Texas
Almost 60 percent of Texas public school students received punishments ranging from expulsion to in-school suspensions at least once between seventh and 12th grades, according to a new Texas A&M study.
July 19, 2011
African-American
Official: Luther College Student Warned of Death on Frantic Call
Authorities have declined for months to release key details about the death of Luther College student Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah. But Winneshiek County Attorney Andy Van Der Maaten provided the most complete account yet of the investigation during an interview with The Associated Press.
July 19, 2011
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