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Latinx

Exploring U.S. Latino Diversity on CNN’s ‘Latino in America’

Following the Washington preview of “Latino in America,” scholars and activists say CNN made a positive effort at capturing the wide diversity of U.S. Latino identity and culture in documentary series.

October 12, 2009

Latinx

Sotomayor Ushers In New Era for Latinas in Legal Profession

Today’s start to the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench represents for many female Hispanic lawyers and aspiring lawyers a new era regarding their place in the legal profession.

October 4, 2009

Disabilties

Sustainability Officer

Robert Rodriguez, of the University of Texas in San Antonio, sets the standards for green policies at the South Texas institution as the “sustainability officer.” The energy manager gives a tour on what UTSA is doing to save energy.

September 29, 2009

Sports

U of ND Faces Deadline on Fighting Sioux Name

Unless the University of North Dakota gets the support of the state’s two Sioux tribes by Oct. 1, which appears unlikely, the South Dakota Board of Higher Education says it must drop the Fighting Sioux as the school’s nickname.

September 27, 2009

Leadership & Policy

UT-Austin Tightens Admissions to Top 8 Percent of Class

It’s getting a bit harder for students to get into the University of Texas.

September 17, 2009

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Passing Judgment

Conservative criticism of Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination refl ects the nation’s struggle with race and ethnicity in politics.

September 16, 2009

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SHIPPING IN

For a second consecutive year, the Naval Academy has admitted its most diverse class, and its work isn’t done.

September 2, 2009

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Naval Academy Continues its Diversity Trend

For a second consecutive year, the Naval Academy has admitted its most diverse class, and its work isn’t done.

September 2, 2009

Students

Report Lauds “Model” of School Diversity

A school integration plan that takes into account the demographics of a student’s neighborhood rather than the student’s race when making school assignments has been endorsed by University of California researchers as a model for other school districts seeking to maintain diversity.

September 1, 2009

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Lawsuit Charges For-Profit Atlanta University With Fraud

Former employees of a for-profit college with campuses across the nation filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the school defrauded federal grant and loan programs and duped the agency that approved its accreditation.

August 25, 2009

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Federal Judge Upholds UT’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policies

A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit Monday that claimed undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin violated the Constitution and federal law.

August 18, 2009

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Sotomayor OK’d for Supreme Court in Historic Vote

Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics.

August 6, 2009