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Fifty Years Later, Students Retrace 1961 Freedom Ride

Forty college students chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants have joined a handful of the original Freedom Riders on an eight-day journey from Washington, D.C., through the South.

Charles Reed Jr.

Federal K-12 Education Programs Face Obstacles to Renewal

Congress is facing tough choices on the future of the nation’s main K-12 education law—including how to respond to calls from Congressional Black Caucus members to focus more attention on low-income schools.

Asian American Publications Seeing Growth on U.S. Campuses

The general public’s consumption of U.S. media has declined steadily in recent years, but segments of ethnic media have seen “significant growth” nationally, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

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La. Gov. Bobby Jindal Defends SUNO/UNO Merger in House Committee

Merging historically Black Southern University at New Orleans with the largely White University of New Orleans would give students better educational opportunities, Gov. Bobby Jindal told a Louisiana House committee.

Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell

Conn. Senator Blumenthal, Gov. Malloy Help Student Stay in the U.S.

By all accounts, it was the politicians’ involvement that made the difference to help undocumented student Mariano Cardoso avert deportation.

Mariano Cardoso

Book Reviews: Follow the Money

Access, income, jobs — everything eventually comes back to the dollars.

Race Complaints Persist With La. Governor Jindal’s Plan To Merge Schools

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal renews a politically and racially charged argument that pops up periodically in the roughly 20 states that have public, four-year institutions known as historically Black colleges and universities.

Perspectives: Financial Aid is There; Help Students Find It

High school guidance counselors and college financial aid offices hold the key to helping needy students find the money for college.

Student and High School Guidance Counselor

Recent Law School Graduates Face the Tightest Job Market in Years

But amid lingering industry wide uncertainties, officials at some law schools are scrambling to ensure that underrepresented minorities get jobs.

Ann Marie Cavazos

Californians Join Hands to Help Community Colleges

Community college supporters across California joined hands Sunday to raise awareness and scholarship money for students struggling to pay for college.

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UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging

Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”

Thousands Protest Budget Cuts at Calif. Colleges

More than 10,000 people marched, waved signs and occupied buildings at college campuses across California in a show of opposition to state budget cuts to education that could lead to higher tuition, larger class sizes and lower enrollment.

Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.

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