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Immunization Rates Lag in Older African-American and Hispanic Populations, AARP Report Shows

More than half skip flu shots, missing opportunity for prevention A new report by AARP’s Public Policy Institute highlights the impact of low vaccination rates for influenza and pneumonia among older black and Hispanic populations. Rates for these groups lag significantly behind whites. Together, influenza and pneumonia represent the eighth leading cause of death in […]

November 18, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Some Students Take Jagged Path to Graduation

As the nation moves toward a common graduation rate formula based on the number of students who obtain a diploma in four years, students like Jefferson Lara will appear to have fallen by wayside.

November 18, 2008

Bush Touts Immigration Policy as Legacy, Hispanic Advocates Don’t All Agree

As the Bush administration winds down and the Obama administration ramps up, immigration policy is right where it was at the start of the Bush administration: an unfulfilled promise, many Hispanic advocacy groups and immigration policy researchers say.

November 18, 2008

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University of Arizona Club Ties Students, Heritage

Tohono O’odham students on the University of Arizona campus are making themselves known by starting their own club.

November 18, 2008

Obama Team Counting Senate Votes on Holder as AG

President-elect Barack Obama’s aides have privately asked senators whether Washington attorney Eric Holder would be confirmed as the next attorney general, according to a person involved in the talks.

November 18, 2008

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Fisk University Jubilee Singers Awarded 2008 National Medal of Arts

Washington, D.C. — President George W. Bush today announced the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest award for artists and arts patrons. The Fisk University Jubilee Singers and eight other recipients will receive medals presented by the President and Mrs. Laura Bush in a ceremony at the White House. The […]

November 17, 2008

The “Turning Point” for Minority Pre-Meds at UC Berkeley and Stanford University

A new Center for Studies in Higher Education paper by Donald Barr and John Matsui track the factors contributing to, or detracting from, undergraduate minority student interest in medical careers during premedical science education. Barr and Matsui identify the challenge facing the University of California, of increasing the diversity of students graduating from its medical […]

November 17, 2008

Study Abroad Programs Show Growth, Increased Diversity

The number of U.S. students studying overseas has reached a new record, part of an upward trend that also shows greater diversity both in the study abroad population and the foreign destinations selected for their studies.

November 17, 2008

Obama election spurs race crimes around country

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting “Assassinate Obama.” Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.

November 17, 2008

Perspectives: Watch Night — Then and Now

It is impossible to describe the depth and range of emotions that slaves experienced on Watch Night as they waited for the minute they would be free.

November 17, 2008

Education Policymakers, Researchers Call for Amending Education Law

The No Child Left Behind Act has been ineffective in bolstering the achievement of low-income and immigrant students because it has failed to address the needs of the whole child, and President-elect Barack Obama must redirect the focus of this federal policy accordingly in the law’s reauthorization, policymakers and scholars said.

November 16, 2008

Report: Black Students Among the Most Engaged at Community Colleges

Black community college students who are typically categorized high-risk are more engaged than students from other racial groups, a national survey released today by the Community College Survey of Student Engagement reports.

November 16, 2008

College Closings Rare, But Could Rise in Downturn

For 15 years, Cascade College in Portland, Ore., struggled to find the fuels that any college needs: students to pay tuition, and donors to help build an endowment.

November 16, 2008

Need Help Getting a Job in the Obama Administration? Talent Bank May Be the Answer

The Warren Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law is teaming up with a group of liberal philanthropists to help minorities and women win jobs in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.

November 16, 2008

Leading Black Think Tank Launches Media and Technology Institute

The leading U.S. think tank on African-American affairs is launching an institute to study the impact of media and new communication technologies on minority and socially disadvantaged communities.

November 12, 2008

Presidents of Maryland’s Black Colleges Testify About Disparities

No stranger to belt-tightening during tough economic times, presidents from two of Maryland’s historically black colleges attended a public hearing Wednesday to press their case for why the schools need more money.

November 12, 2008

Bailout Plan for Student Loan Companies Might Hurt Students

The government plans to help struggling student loan companies, announced U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Wednesday.

November 12, 2008

Group Hires Lawyer To Address Dearth of Black College Football Coaches

The number of Black college football coaches is going in the wrong direction, according to the latest hiring report card issued Wednesday by the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA).

November 12, 2008