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‘Hispanic Baby Boom’ Likely To Have Positive, Long-term Effects in Educational Attainment
Hispanics accounted for more than half the nation’s population growth since 2000, the Pew Hispanic Center reported Thursday, and with most of that growth coming from births rather than from immigration, higher educational attainment for Hispanics is expected in the long term.
October 23, 2008
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Study Shows Brain’s Reaction Racial Stress
Racial mistrust affects the brain of Whites and Blacks differently. A new University of South Carolina study finds Black peoples’ brains register stress in response to neutral facial expressions of Whites.
October 23, 2008
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College Savings Plans Not Immune to Market Swings
There’s $30,000 sitting in Ellen Anthony’s 529 college savings plan.
October 23, 2008
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Emerging Scholars
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine is accepting nominations for its annual Emerging Scholars issue, which will be published in January and will feature 10 of the nation’s top minority talents in academia.
October 23, 2008
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University of Maryland Archaeologists Find African ‘Spirit Bundle’
University of Maryland archaeologists have found what they believe to be one of the earliest examples of the spiritual traditions brought to North America by African slaves.
October 22, 2008
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Obama Maintains Strong Lead in Presidential Race Among Young People
A new national poll finds 18- to 24-year-old likely voters continue to strongly prefer U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (56 percent) over U.S. Sen. John McCain (30 percent) as their pick for president.
October 22, 2008
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College Board Unveils Controversial New Test for Middle-school Students
The College Board on Wednesday unveiled a new test for middle-school students to provide school districts and educators information on their students’ readiness for college. But critics say this test is unnecessary and will not make higher education accessible to more students.
October 21, 2008
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Brownsville Wins $1Million Prize for Academic Gains
One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won the coveted $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education last week in recognition of its academic advances.
October 21, 2008
Latinx
Hearing on UT Border-Wall Issue Being Webcast Today
The University of Texas Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall has been granted a general hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, that will be held today (Wednesday, Oct 22). from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the commission’s Washington, D.C., headquarters and webcast to a global audience, UT announced.
October 21, 2008
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GW Wins $10 Million Contract for Language Clearinghouse
A $10 million, five-year contract has been awarded to George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, GW has announced.
October 21, 2008
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U.S. Medical Schools Experience Record First-Year Enrollment
First-year enrollment at U.S. medical schools reached an all-time high this year as more than 18,000 first-year students enrolled in U.S. medical schools, increasing 2 percent over 2007, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced Tuesday.
October 21, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Nebraska Chancellor: No One Made Him Cancel Ayers
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman says no one strong-armed him into canceling the visit of William Ayers, and that if they had, he would have resigned.
October 21, 2008
Leadership & Policy
School’s Fundraising Pitch Gives Alumni the Blahs
An attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word “blah” 137 times has some Framingham State College alumni questioning the school’s professionalism, judgment and … blah, blah, blah.
October 21, 2008
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AERA, NAEd Launch New Assessment of Education Research Doctorate Programs
For the first time a new study will examine the field of education research in United States’ graduate schools and colleges.
October 20, 2008
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Haskell Indian Nations University President Under Fire
The embattled president of Haskell Indian Nations University is standing firm while the university’s Board of Regents asks for her dismissal and nearly half of the students have signed petitions seeking her resignation.
October 20, 2008
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University of North Dakota Storing Guns
University of North Dakota students living on campus have to store their guns with the UND Police Department, under a new policy banning the weapons from campus apartments. And police say they’re running out of space.
October 20, 2008
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Haskell president under fire
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – The embattled president of Haskell Indian Nations University is standing firm while the university’s Board of Regents asks for her dismissal and nearly half of the students have signed petitions seeking her resignation. More than 100 students and faculty members attended a forum Friday in the school auditorium designed to deal […]
October 19, 2008
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Critics of MVSU president pick set to protest
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state’s preferred choice to lead Mississippi Valley State University is scheduled to visit the campus Tuesday. Donna Oliver’s visit will come amid a protest from students and alumni seeking to prevent her from being named the school’s next president. The College Board selected Oliver, the provost and vice president of […]
October 19, 2008
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