diverse staff reportsAfrican-AmericanCharges Against Gates DroppedCambridge officials announced Tuesday in a press release that a disorderly conduct charge against renowned Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be dropped, the Boston Herald reported.July 21, 2009Leadership & PolicyNewspaper: NCCU Operated Satellite CampusNorth Carolina Central University officials are trying to decide what to do with about 50 students who attended a satellite campus at a megachurch near Atlanta run by a school trustee.August 11, 2008StudentsFraternity Members Convicted of Hazing Appeal for New TrialTwo Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity members sent to prison for hazing are asking the courts to toss out Florida’s hazing law and give them a new trial, news channel WCTV Tallahassee reports.July 24, 2008LatinxLatino Job Growth Slowing Down to a Slump, Says Labor ReportThe slump in the U.S. real estate market and the subprime mortgage crisis has had its effect on Latino workers, according to a report released June 4 by the Pew Hispanic Center.June 3, 2008HomeChat Transcripts (Unedited): “US Supreme Court and Desegregation”See the full unedited transcript of our June 10, 2007 chat event, focusing on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling and its implications for equal access to education.July 10, 2007HomePath to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants Supported by Almost Half of Southern California Residents, According to UCLA SurveyNearly half of Southern California residents support providing illegal immigrants with a path to citizenship, according to a new UCLA survey.July 2, 2007HomeETS Cancels Plans to Launch Revised GRE TestPRINCETON, N.J. The Educational Testing Service has cancelled plans to launch the revised Graduate Record Examinations General Test because of problems related to “test taker access.”April 2, 2007HealthResearch Roundup: More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority AreasNew research from the University of Michigan shows that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately placed in poor, minority neighborhoods. Meanwhile, a new Institute on Aging at the University of Southern California will study the health care needs of low-income and minority elderly.February 26, 2007StudentsStudy: Black, Hispanic Children Suffer Bleak Living ConditionsLiving conditions experienced by children in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas continues to show a depressing picture for Black and Hispanic children, according to a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health. Another study shows Whites less trusting of foreign-born doctors than Blacks.January 29, 2007HomeTexas Southern University Library to Receive Rare Speech RecordingsTexas Southern University today will take possession of recorded speeches by Langston Hughes, Malcolm X and Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, that are being donated by Pacifica Radio Archives’ S.O.S. (Save Our Sound) Tour.January 23, 2007Page 1 of 8Next Page
