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Obama Administration Releases Latino Education Report

Changing demographics mean challenges facing Latino students are of importance to the entire nation, a senior U.S. Department of Education official presenting a report in Miami said Wednesday.

Bloomfield College

African-American

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Says Minority Teachers Needed

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday, during stops in N.J., promoted a program aimed at recruiting more teachers to work in urban and rural areas.

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

Federal Program Helping Eastern Washington University Transform Lives

Dr. Christina Torres Garcia and her husband, Dr. Martin Meraz-Garcia, are Eastern Washington University professors and the first in their families to earn post-graduate degrees.

Martin Meraz-Garcia

African-American

NAACP, Newt Gingrich Urge Prison Reform

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a report on Thursday that said between 1987 and 2007, state prison spending grew at six times the rate of higher education spending.

Look Broadly for Funds, Fed Official Urges

Hispanic-serving institutions must think beyond programs targeted just at HSIs, or minority-serving colleges, and look toward broader competitive federal grants open to all of higher education, says an Obama administration official.

Obama Woos Hispanic Vote on Education

President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.

Student Body President Steve Glickman

African-American

Teen Girls Discover Digital Technology as ‘COMPUGIRLS’

Dr. Kimberly Scott, an associate professor in women and gender studies at Arizona State University, the digital divide is not just about “who has access to computers, but what happens during that access.”

Faculty & Staff

AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research

The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.

New Census Milestone: Hispanics Reach 50 Million

Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states as they crossed a new census milestone: 50 million, or 1 in 6 Americans.

Maryland Immigrant In-state Tuition Bill Advances

A measure allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates in Maryland has passed the Maryland Senate.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Latinos, Asians Fuel Calif.’s Population Growth

In the period from 2000 to 2010, the state’s Latino population grew by 28 percent, to 14 million in the nation’s most populous state, while Asian numbers grew by 31 percent, to 4.8 million.

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