Tag: Immigration: Page 38

African-American

Obama Urges College Completion Agenda As Economic Imperative

Avoiding pronouncements on affirmative action and immigration reform, President Barack Obama touts college completion agenda during visit to the University of Texas at Austin on Monday.

August 9, 2010

Students

Arizona State University Journalism Professor Builds Expertise in Latino, Immigration Issues

Arizona State’s Rick Rodriguez is optimistic about news coverage of immigration issues. The shrinking news industry doesn’t stoke his hopeful outlook, but student journalists do.

July 25, 2010

Latinx

Poll: U.S. Hispanics Mix Hopes, Strains

Hispanics have been hit disproportionately hard by the economic slump. Forty-five percent say they or a family member have lost a job since last September, with similar numbers or more expressing deep worries about becoming unemployed, paying bills and saving for college.

July 20, 2010

Students

Undocumented Students Hold D.C. ‘Teach-In’ to Push DREAM Act

A coalition of student immigrant advocacy groups in Massachusetts, Colorado and California on Wednesday launched a makeshift school in the nation’s capital, reminiscent of the “teach-ins” of the 1960s, to encourage a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants through college enrollment.

July 15, 2010

African-American

Experts Say Feds vs. State Conflict in Arizona Rooted in U.S. Founding

The federal lawsuit against Arizona’s tough new immigration law focuses heavily on a question that has been in the spotlight repeatedly the past decade and dates back to the Founding Fathers.

July 7, 2010

Latinx

Assessing Arizona

Three Mexican-American scholars discuss Arizona’s immigration law and its ramifications on the state’s colleges and universities.

June 21, 2010

Latinx

Officials: Harvard Student Will Not Be Deported

An undocumented Harvard University student is no longer facing deportation to Mexico after being detained nearly two weeks ago by immigration authorities at a Texas airport.

June 20, 2010

Latinx

Higher Education Organizations Form Coalition to Seek DREAM Act Passage

The Hispanic Association of Colleges Universities (HACU) has taken the lead in uniting 25 national higher education organizations in an effort to help bring DREAM Act legislation to final votes before Congress’ August recess.

June 16, 2010

Students

Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students

In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students.

June 15, 2010

Students

Harvard Student Says He Faces Deportation From U.S.

An undocumented Harvard University student is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, the student said last week.

June 14, 2010

Students

Student Immigrants Use Civil Rights-era Strategies

Students fighting laws that target undocumented immigrants are taking a page from the civil rights era, adopting tactics and gathering praise from the generation of demonstrators who marched in the streets and sat at segregated lunch counters.

June 2, 2010

African-American

Public Policy Takes Center Stage at Race and Ethnicity Conference

Organizers of the 2010 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education used proximity to Washington, D.C. to invite the heads of leading education advocacy organizations and to schedule policy presentations for conference attendees.

June 2, 2010