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Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews

Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war. The term dates to the 1870s when Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck used the concept to eradicate Catholic influence in German society, using “government to enforce ideas of a German identity; a German way of thinking, a German culture, a more German Germany.”

Efforts Underway To Thwart Controversial Upward Bound Changes

Tucked into a U.S. House of Representatives higher education bill this week is a plan to scuttle a controversial evaluation of the Upward Bound program that would require grantees to enroll twice as many students as necessary and then provide no services to some of the youth as part of a research experiment.

House Committee Approves Increase in Pell Grant, New Funding For Black Colleges

The House education committee on Wednesday approved a higher education bill that would increase Pell Grants, cut lender subsidies and make wide-ranging changes to help low-income students and minority-serving colleges.

MSIs, College Access Programs Gain in House Bill

Advocates for low-income students are hailing a new U.S. House of Representatives agreement that would increase funding for college access programs and minority-serving institutions in 2008.

Minority-Serving Institutions Scrambling For Quick Funds

HSIs look for increased federal funding through NSF and farm bills.

Grants & Gifts

The City College of New York has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the college’s participation in the Institute of General Medical Sciences’ SCORE program. The program provides research funds for faculty development at minority-serving institutions. A collaborative effort between the City College of San Francisco and […]

Native Americans

Antioch’s Seattle Campus Chooses First American Indian Woman College Head

Dr. Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet of the Navajo, or Dine, tribe appears to be the first American Indian woman to be appointed president of a mainstream university outside of the tribal college system. She was named this month to lead Antioch University Seattle from a pool of more than 40 candidates. She formally begins her presidency July 15.

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Faculty & Staff

A One-Stop Shop

Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.

Spring Clean Your Plate, But Choose Wisely

Remember fearing the dreaded weight gain dubbed the “Freshman 15?”

Leadership & Policy

Real-Life Heros

Tuskegee Airman Robert Lawrence, of Santa Fe, N.M., waits for a group photo with fellow Tuskegee Airmen in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington prior to the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the airmen late last month.

Faculty & Staff

A One-Stop Shop

Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Say They’re Being Overlooked For Federal Funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. Delegates at the 12th Annual National Capitol Forum, organized by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, on Monday asked federal education officials why Hispanic-serving institutions were still being left out of National Science Foundation appropriations designated specifically for minority-serving institutions.

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