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Students

Congress Acts to Boost Student Lending

The House on Thursday backed a measure aimed at ensuring that students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets.

April 17, 2008

Latinx

Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds

A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.

April 8, 2008

Latinx

New Report Says Oklahoma’s Anti-illegal-immigrant Bill to Cost State $1.3B

A new study estimates that Oklahoma’s anti-illegal immigration law will cause $1.8 billion in economic losses as foreign-born workers flee the state.

March 25, 2008

Health

Researchers at Odds Over Tuskegee Study

The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government experiment that charted the effects of the untreated disease on mostly poor and uneducated Black men, was conducted for 40 years before it was exposed and ended in 1972 amid widespread condemnation.

March 12, 2008

Latinx

Latino School Enrollment Up in Texas Cities With Immigration Laws

North Texas cities debating local laws to deal with illegal immigration are also home to school districts with some of the state’s largest increases in Hispanic student enrollment, a Fort Worth Star-Telegram analysis found.

March 11, 2008

Students

Michigan Universities Asked To Help Foster Youth With Financial Aid

This June, when foster youth in Michigan graduate from high school and apply for federal higher education funds, they’ll find that money is painfully tight.

March 11, 2008

Latinx

HEA Bill Passes, Despite White House Objection Over MSI Funding

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Higher Education Act bill even as the White House criticized some of its provisions, including two to boost support for minority-serving institutions.

February 7, 2008

Latinx

Veto Casts Cloud Over Education Bill That Would Have Increased Pell Grants, MSI Funding

President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a 2008 education budget bill that many advocates had championed for its proposed increases in student financial aid and college-access programs. Now, the House and Senate need to muster a two-thirds majority to bring into law the bill, which would have increased the maximum Pell Grant and provide more funding for minority-serving institutions.

November 12, 2007

Native Americans

Federal Rules in Flux for Native-owned Businesses

Oct. 25–FAIRBANKS — The rules may be changing for Alaska Native firms that have reaped billions in revenue from government contracting.

October 31, 2007

Students

Pennsylvania Student Loan Agency Planning Cuts to Some Aid Programs

HARRISBURG Pa. The state-run student loan agency is planning to cut spending on certain programs by a projected 58 percent.

October 21, 2007

Home

Campaigning for College

Texas’ Closing the Gaps initiative pays close attention to the demographics of its growing minority communities.

October 16, 2007

Latinx

House Votes to Expand Health Insurance for Children Despite Bush Veto Threat

WASHINGTON The House voted Tuesday to expand health insurance for children, but the Democratic-led victory may prove short-lived because the margin was too small to override President Bush’s promised veto.

September 29, 2007