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IUPUI Minority Students Pressure School to Improve Diversity Outreach

by Lekan Oguntoyinbo, August 12, 2010


A minority student group’s lawsuit threat to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis for neglecting multicultural students’ needs has compelled the institution to reform its administration, community partnerships and curriculum.

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Perspective: A Fulbright Experience in Hungary

by Laverne Lewis Gaskins, August 12, 2010


Hungary’s Roma population and Black Americans share similar social and political struggles.

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University of Virginia Requires Annual Disclosures of Student Arrests

by Associated Press, August 11, 2010


The University of Virginia is requiring students to disclose whether they've been arrested or convicted of crimes each fall semester when they log in for the first time to the computer system that handles e-mail and course materials.

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Cost of Knight Academic Center for Athletes Raises Concern

by Rachel Bachman, The Oregonian, August 10, 2010


The University of Oregon academic center for athletes that opened in January, paid for entirely by benefactor Phil Knight, cost about twice as much per square foot as Portland's priciest condo buildings, according to documents released to The Oregonian.

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Obama Urges College Completion Agenda As Economic Imperative

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim, August 10, 2010


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.

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Indiana Launches Western Governors University Program

by Jamal Eric Watson, August 9, 2010


Partnership between Western Governors University and Indiana likely to improve college-degree attainment among the state’s minority students.

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Opinion: Recruiting Students of Color to Predominantly White Campuses

by Dr. Dwight C. Watson, August 6, 2010


Despite the gains in minority student enrollment over the last four decades—Black and Hispanic students accounted for 13.1 and 11.4 percent, respectively, of enrollment at degree-granting institutions in 2007, up from 9.4 and 3.5 percent in 1976—students of color remain underrepresented at traditionally White institutions.

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Testing: Collin College to offer bachelor's degrees

by Raymond Testing, August 4, 2010


Collin County may not have a university, but Collin College is making sure area students have the opportunity to pursue a bachelor's or even a graduate degree.

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Federal Appeals Court Hears University of Texas Admissions Case

by Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press, August 4, 2010


Two White students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.

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Journalism Education Embraces Ethnic Media

by Christina Hernandez, August 3, 2010


Journalism schools turn to ethnic media outlets in effort to train future reporters on covering diverse communities.

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