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Professional Appointment

LOUIS BUTLER has been appointed Justice in Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Butler was formerly a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Butler earned a bachelor’s from Lawrence University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. DR. GABRIEL CARRANZA has been named assistant vice provost of international cooperation […]

December 10, 2008

Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, has received a $5 million grant from the Office of Education at the National Aeronautics Space Administration to further research and educational activities at the university’s Structures, Propulsion, Aerospace and Control Engineering (SPACE) Center. Cal State L.A. is one of seven universities to receive NASA’s Minority University Research and Education […]

December 10, 2008

‘Highly Educated Paupers’

For many young scholars, exorbitant student loan debt can mean a lifetime of hardship.

December 10, 2008

Diverse Calendar

Dec. 27-30 Modern Language Association124th Annual ConventionHilton San FranciscoSan Francisco MarriottFairmont San FranciscoSan FranciscoWeb: www.mla.org Jan. 4-7 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement22nd Annual World CongressWestin Bayshore Resort & MarinaVancouver, BC, CanadaWeb: www.icsei2009.org Jan. 4-7 National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship6th Annual ConferenceHilton AnaheimAnaheim, Calif.Web: www.nacce.com Jan. 6-10 Association of American Law Schools (AALS)2009 […]

December 9, 2008

Foe of Bilingual/Immigration Reforms Exits Congress

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, made headlines clashing with Democrats and his fellow Republicans.

December 9, 2008

Coalition Urges Fixes for Dropout Crisis

Education policies that hold high schools accountable and give schools the resources to adequately prepare students for college and the modern workforce are necessary to improve graduation rates, reverse dropout trends, and strengthen the economy, according to a coalition of educational reform and civil rights groups.

December 9, 2008

Iowa Educators Address College Success for Latinos

Schools and colleges can make attending college and succeeding at it a realizable goal for Latino students, but educators and policy makers need to do more to help them, according to a collaborative report from Iowa scholars and a national group of Hispanic educators.

December 9, 2008

Oklahoma Task Force Considers Its Future

A task force created by the Legislature to advance the cause of educating Hispanic students is struggling with its identity and its future.

December 9, 2008

Hispanic Channel Photo

Hispanics Anxiously Lay in Wait for Obama Cabinet Seats

When President-Elect Barack Obama passed over Bill Richardson — the nation’s only Hispanic governor — to tap Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, Hispanic columnists like Rubén Navarrette reacted with searing criticism.

December 9, 2008

Gates Foundation to invest in community colleges

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would like to encourage more 20-somethings to get a post-high school degree or certificate before starting a family.

December 9, 2008

The myth of a “post-racial” America: a global perspective

The conversations about race and its significance in America are ongoing. The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States has intensified the conversation. Some claim that his election is proof that race no longer matters (although a majority of whites voted for McCain), others claim that his election is proof that we […]

December 8, 2008

Some See DREAM Act Within Reach

Barack Obama’s presidential victory is fueling widespread optimism among student groups that Congress and the next White House will endorse long-debated legislation to help undocumented students gain legal status.

December 8, 2008

Report: Black Football Players Improve Grades But Still Trail White Counterparts

Academic progress continues for football student-athletes who play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), but the racial divide continues to widen, according to a new report released Monday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES).

December 8, 2008

Laptop Searches at Border Might Get Restricted

Mohamed Shommo, an engineer for Cisco Systems Inc., travels overseas several times a year for work, so he is accustomed to opening his bags for border inspections upon returning to the United States. But in recent years, these inspections have gone much deeper than his luggage.

December 8, 2008

Jefferson, Not Hemings, Inspiration For Top Book Award Winner

It would be easy to assume that a desire to document an enslaved woman’s rightful place in history started Annette Gordon-Reed down the path that led to her recent triumph as the winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction.

December 7, 2008

Teacher Sorry for Binding Girls in Slavery Lesson

A White social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two Black girls, prompting outrage from one girl’s mother and the local chapter of the NAACP.

December 7, 2008

During an Economic Downturn, Why Suggest Closing the Public Black Colleges?

Last week, Republican Seth Harp, a senator in the Georgia state legislature suggested that in order to save money, several of the state’s public Black universities should be merged with nearby predominantly White universities. In Harp’s opinion, historically Black Savannah State University and historically White Armstrong Atlantic State University, both in Savannah, should be merged. […]

December 6, 2008

Report: Duplicate ‘Border’ Colleges Strategy Across Nation

National and state leaders should adopt the effective educational and support strategies of colleges and universities near the U.S.-Mexico border in order to accelerate the academic progress of more Hispanic students, say authors of a report unveiled on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

December 4, 2008