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Lower Maryland College Tuition Sought for Undocumented Immigrant Children

To be eligible, students must attend two years of high school in Maryland, and their parents pay one year of income taxes before the student graduates from a Maryland high school.

Study: California State Northridge Students Hit Hard by Recession

The report, “Squeezed From All Sides,” blames California’s recession and education cuts for pushing students to the breaking point, with some reporting they must forgo college.

Patricia Gandara

African-American

Ohio Universities Defend Affirmative Action Strategies in Their Admissions

Two universities accused in a new report of giving minority students an unfair edge in the admissions process defended their practices as being legitimate strategies to expand access and enhance diversity on campus.

Shirley Wilcher

Yale, Peruvian University Sign Deal on Incan Artifacts

Yale University announced that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago.

New Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default Rates

The federal government’s new system to calculate student loan default rates – while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges – also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.

Despite AP Access Limited Among Minorities, Exam-Taking on the Rise

The number of high school seniors taking Advanced Placement exams is steadily rising, but a significant gap persists with lack of exam-taking among African-American students, according to a report.

Target of Virginia Immigrant Bills Includes Undocumented Students

The Virginia House of Delegates has advanced a slate of anti-illegal immigrant bills, including one that would require Virginia’s public colleges to bar undocumented students from enrolling.

Dr. William Perez

Civil Rights Groups Express Support for Gainful Employment Rules

The Obama administration’s efforts to step up oversight of for-profit colleges got a key endorsement when a group of civil rights leaders announced support for the proposed rules.

020811_Wade_Henderson

Leadership & Policy

Maryland Lawsuit Targets Undocumented Students’ Local Tuition Break

A Maryland community college is facing a lawsuit over its policy to provide low “in-county” tuition rates to any recent graduate of a local high school regardless of immigration status.

A Look Inside a Successful Charter School Culture

At Pritzker College Prep charter high school in Chicago, academics are rigorous, teachers have special training and kids are in school more hours than their peers in traditional pubic schools.

Pritzker College Prep students

African-American

Sociologist Investigates Minority Exclusion in Medical Research

As a medical sociologist, Dr. Shawna V. Hudson works like a detective seeking clues to how the health care system functions for people of different ethnic groups.

Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message

The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to “speak with one voice” to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.

Lezli Baskerville

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