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Students

Students of Color Near 74 Percent of U. of California’s Fall Freshman Class

If you want to see what diversity might look like in the future, just go to the campuses of the University of California come September.

July 6, 2017

Students

Low-income, Minority Students Lag in High School Grad Rates

WASHINGTON — Despite rising national graduation rates, low-income and minority students continue to lag behind their peers in finishing high school, according to a study released Wednesday. While the national graduation rate for the year 2015 was 83.2 percent, it was only 77.8 percent for Hispanic students and 74.6 for Black students, said the […]

May 3, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Resistance or Permanent State of Insurrection?

People of Mexican descent that live in this country, live in a permanent state of dehumanization and thus also part of a permanent state of insurrection that, technically, can never end.

April 16, 2017

Students

Diverse Conversations: What Minority High School Students Need to Know About College

What minority students are taught in high school about the college experience has a major impact on their decisions. So, what should we be teaching them about college?

March 29, 2017

Students

Naturalization Expert Weaves Ethnic Studies into Civics

Whenever Daisy Herrera spots fearful facial tics or hears anxiety in the voices of students she reassures them that the process of becoming U.S. citizens doesn’t require them to renounce their Latina/o heritage and culture.

March 28, 2017

Students

Rodriguez: Re-indigenization is Underway

To understand the significance of re-indigenization, one needs to understand its anti-thesis: the 500-year process of de-indigenization.

March 22, 2017

Latinx

Who Counts as an American?

The question that is being asked by the Trump administration is, who is an American? The easy answer, as we are seeing, is a throwback to the 1950s.

March 21, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Investigation: Ex-UTSA President Romo ‘Likely’ Sexually Harassed Women

An internal investigation into former University of Texas at San Antonio president Dr. Ricardo Romo found that Romo “more likely than not” violated the UTSA’s sexual harassment policies, the San Antonio Express-News reported on Monday. Romo was approaching retirement in August after serving as UTSA president for 18 years, but was placed on administrative leave […]

March 21, 2017

Students

Cuba Offers Colombia 1,000 Medical School Scholarships

HAVANA — Cuba is offering Colombia 1,000 medical school scholarships to support a peace accord in which the South American country’s largest rebel army will relinquish its weapons. The scholarships will be distributed mostly to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and those affected by the decades-long conflict. Colombia’s Cuban ambassador Jose Luis […]

March 16, 2017

Leadership & Policy

ACE Speaker Shares Approach to Uncovering Bias in Tenure, Promotion

“It’s not enough to hire diverse faculty,” said Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State University of Denver. “You’ve got to get them to promotion and tenure.”

March 13, 2017

Students

Rodriguez: Light Skin Preference and the Denial of Indigeneity

Part of what I choose to examine is the earliest memories when children become conscious of their color and that there is meaning attached to their color.

February 8, 2017

Latinx

David Acosta to Lead Association of American Medical Colleges’ Diversity Efforts

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced Thursday that David A. Acosta will be the organization’s new chief diversity and inclusion officer.

December 15, 2016