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Asian American Publications Seeing Growth on U.S. Campuses

The general public’s consumption of U.S. media has declined steadily in recent years, but segments of ethnic media have seen “significant growth” nationally, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

May 8, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Universities Forced to Adapt as Demographics Shift

“Majority minority” college classes appearing earlier than expected.

January 3, 2011

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Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy

Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parents’ academic peer.

November 22, 2010

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Free-speech Policies Questioned at Mississippi Campuses

Students at Mississippi universities may have to watch what they say more than those in other states because of policies that free-speech advocates say are oppressive.

August 24, 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

Community Colleges

Jump in U.S. College Enrollment Highest in 40 Years

The nation’s colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish in a weak job market.

June 17, 2010

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Asian American Studies at a Crossroads

Scholars fear the evolution of Asian American studies toward ethnic-specific courses means students miss broader, fuller understanding of the pan-Asian experience.

May 24, 2010

African-American

Opinion: Ethnic Studies is Valuable for All Americans

Contrary to the fears and charges that ethnic studies divides and incites the overthrow of our government, it attempts to critically examine the nexus of events, peoples and consequences of actions by individuals, states and the nation itself.

May 20, 2010

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America’s First Muslim College To Open This Fall

Admission letters went out last month to the approximately 20 students who will make up the inaugural freshman class of Zaytuna College, which founders hope will become the nation’s first accredited Muslim institution of higher learning.

May 19, 2010

African-American

Arizona Gov. Signs Bill Targeting Ethnic Studies

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill targeting a school district’s ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure.

May 12, 2010

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Mills College Celebrates 20-year Anniversary of Protests

Mills College is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their board’s recommitment to single-sex education, which protesting students sought to preserve.

May 5, 2010

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Opinion: The Census 2010 and the Three-Fifths Compromise

The discourse over participation of undocumented immigrants in the 2010 Census bears a disturbing similarity to the “compromise” to “count” slaves as three-fifths of a human; that is, the simultaneous counting of people for political gain but treating them as if they don’t really count.

May 2, 2010