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Puerto Rican Scholar Ricardo Alegria Dies at 90

Dr. Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island’s native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital’s colonial district, died Thursday.

Dr. Ricardo Alegria

California Program Grooms Math, Science Teachers for Urban K-12 Schools

Cal Teach, a new University of California-Berkeley program, trains math and science teachers for service in urban schools.

Stephanie Morgado

Kellogg Foundation Pursues College Access Agenda

Tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are among beneficiaries of the foundation’s diversity-related efforts in U.S. higher education.

Richard B. Williams

Obama Administration Officials Take High Profile at Senate Hearing on DREAM Act

A congressional hearing on Tuesday breathed new life into the decade-old and oft-thwarted effort to pass the proposed federal DREAM Act, but Democratic leaders concede there is no clear path to enactment and that one of the main obstacles is lack of Republican support.

Janet Napolitano

Scholarship Fund Group Seeks Increased Support for Asian American-focused Minority-Serving Schools

Forthcoming report urges that resources should be targeted to Minority-Serving Institutions with high concentration of low-income students from the often “overlooked and underserved” groups of Asian and Pacific Islander students.

New York University

Hispanic, White Achievement Gap as Wide as in 1990s

The achievement gap between Hispanic and White students is the same as it was in the early 1990s, despite two decades of accountability reforms, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Education.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan

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New College Board Research on Young Men of Color Stirs Demand for Action

While a panel discussion held by The College Board on Capitol Hill this week was meant to highlight a new report on the lagging rates of educational attainment among non-White men, some of the panelists questioned the need for more research on the subject.

Pennsylvania Legislation Seeks In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants would qualify for the less expensive in-state tuition rates at Pennsylvania universities if they meet residency requirements included in proposed legislation introduced Monday.

Pa. state Rep. Tony Payton Jr.

Averting Deportation, Undocumented Student Realizes DREAM

After political intervention by federal officials leads to withdrawal of deportation order, community college graduate pursues studies to become civil engineer.

Mariano Cardoso

College Mentoring for Access and Persistence Program Gives Graduating High School Seniors a Boost

What started as a group of high school students who stopped by for pizza and soft drinks at a monthly meeting with mentors from the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young has turned into the College MAP program’s first cohort of polished college-bound seniors.

College MAP program

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New Bill Targets College Access, Academic Success in Low-Income Areas

Education leaders in the U.S. Senate want to promote college success in low-income communities through a new “cradle-to-career” educational support program in the nation’s highest poverty neighborhoods.

Geoffrey Canada

N.J. Student Aid Bid Rejected Due to Mom’s Immigration Status

An American-born high school student from New Jersey has been denied state tuition assistance because her mother is an undocumented immigrant, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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