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More Hispanic Students Finishing High School

The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and don’t have an equivalent degree was 22 percent in 2008, down from 34 percent in 1998.

Diversity Still Matters in Michigan

Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.

Affirmative action supporter

African-American

Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College

Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.

CSU Fullerton students

Leadership & Policy

NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs

Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.

African-American

MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program

Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.

Augustus Hawkins

Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants

The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.

Illinois Rep. Edward Acevedo, D-Chicago

Arizona State Graduate in Limbo Over Immigration Status

Undocumented immigrants like Angelica Hernandez who were brought here as children have virtually no chance of earning legal status under current federal immigration laws.

Angelica Hernandez

Influential Speakers Inspire 2011 Graduates to Pursue the American Dream

This spring, minority-serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, are hosting a number of influential leaders as graduation speakers.

Obama at Miami Dade

DREAM Act Enters New Phase Among Certain Progressive States

States instituting laws antagonizing undocumented immigrants have surged, while the number of states that allow undocumented students to get in-state tuition have peaked.

Maryland Governor Signs Immigrant Tuition Bill

Illegal immigrants who meet certain conditions will be able to pay in-state college tuition in Maryland under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Martin O’Malley at a time when many other states are taking a harder stance against illegal immigration.

Georgia College Student a Reluctant Immigration Symbol

Advocates for more restrictions on illegal immigrants complained to the Georgia university system that undocumented immigrants like Jessica Colotl shouldn’t be allowed to attend state schools.

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

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