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Academic Coaching: Seeking a Winning Strategy

Academic coaching can help students, particularly those from first-generation and low-income backgrounds, navigate the challenges of academe.

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Linguists’ Quest To Preserve Languages in Danger

A Utah linguist says dozens of native languages across the Americas could disappear within a few generations with the downsizing of a prominent university program.

Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit at HBCU Aims to ‘Pull the Walls Down’

North Carolina Central University Art Museum runs Colores, an exhibition of work by Hispanic artists, through Sept. 21 to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.

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900 Jackson State Students Getting iPads

Nine hundred Jackson State University students are taking part in a program in which they will receive iPads for school work.

CCNY Minority Scholars Program Nurtures Ph.D. Aspirations

The Minority Scholars program is on track to hit its ultimate goal of producing Ph.D.s; out of 36 Black and Latino graduates, 19 entered doctoral programs, and four have persisted.

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Q&A: As Public Policy Scholar, Bill Richardson Talks Politics

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speaks to Diverse about American politics in 2012 and his current role as a senior fellow at a Rice University public policy research institute.

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Activist Attorney Calls for ‘Militant’ Action Against Injustices in Public Education

Young students are best suited to wage the battle for public education—and against the expansion of charter schools—and large-scale integration of the nation’s public schools should be a paramount goal in the fight.

Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report

Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.

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Soledad O’Brien’s Education Foundation Celebrates Second Annual Gala

Two years after launching, the Soledad O’Brien and Brad Raymond Foundation is well on its way to becoming a key change agent in higher education.

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Senator: DREAM Act’s Passage by Congress Would Complete President’s Action on ‘Undocumented’ Youth

U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin said Tuesday that the DREAM Act will become law if advocates follow the example set by the Civil Rights Movement.

Virginia State University Hosts College Prep Program for Latino Students

In addition to providing college preparation advice, the Hispanic College Institute offers high school students the inspiration than they can enroll and succeed in college.

Forum: Scholar Offers View of 2012 Latino Presidential Vote Outlook

At a Washington forum on Thursday, Stanford political scientist Gary M. Segura described the recent surge in support for Obama among Latino voters as being a case of choosing between the “frying pan and the fire.”

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