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Students
NOTEWORTHYNEWS: WHEN PERCEPTION BECOMES REALITY
Survey reveals what Mexican-American students expect to achieve does not coincide with their goals.
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
Community Colleges
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Mission Accepted: Opening Laboratory Doors to Urban Minority Communities
The Baltimore City Community College Life Sciences Institute helps place minority students and displaced workers into high-demand bioscience careers.
September 2, 2009
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Study: Policy Changes Needed to Help Latinas Graduate High School
Lucy Flores’ brush with the law came at an early age. Her mother had left home when she was just 9 years old and her father, who only had a third-grade education, had to work several jobs to support Flores and her three siblings. The absence of Flores’ parents made it easier for her to gravitate toward an unsavory crowd.
August 27, 2009
Students
HBCU NEWS NUGGETS
Florida A&M University: Later this month, FAMU will become the only institution in the nation with a program dedicated to regulatory education and training in the study of veterinary technology.
August 19, 2009
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Colleges noted for commitment to environmental issues’
The Princeton Review released its second annual “green ratings” – a measure of the environmental friendliness of colleges and universities.  According to The Olympian, the college-prep company ranked 697 schools on a scale from 60 to 99 based on data provided by the schools, according to a press release. A school’s rankings are based on […]
August 9, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Union Accepts Furloughs at California Universities
A union that represents 22,000 faculty members at California State University has agreed to two furlough days a month to help close a huge budget deficit at the 23-campus system, officials said Friday.
July 26, 2009
Military
Most Diverse Class of Plebes Enters Naval Academy
The U.S. Naval Academy earlier this month swore in its most racially diverse class ever.
July 22, 2009
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Harvard Scholar Skip Gates Arrested in Massachusetts, Claims Racism
Black scholar Dr. Henry Louis (“Skip”) Gates Jr. is accusing a Massachusetts police department of racism after he was arrested while trying to get into his locked home near Harvard University.
July 20, 2009
Students
Three Black Fraternities Unite With Big Brothers Big Sisters in a National Partnership
Three of the nation’s largest African-American fraternities – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. – have joined with the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization to help Black boys succeed.
July 6, 2009
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Legal Guardians Of Diversity
These organizations are improving diversity within the legal ranks, one sector at a time.
April 15, 2009
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New Initiative Builds Diversity Pipeline to Law School
The Pipeline Diversity Directory will profile efforts of those committed to greater diversity in the law field.
April 15, 2009
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