wire reportsLeadership & PolicyFive Arrested After Shooting Injures Five on Langston CampusFive people were arrested after shots injured five people on the campus of Langston University early Sunday, a spokeswoman for the school said.August 17, 2009StudentsIn Brief: Stories From Around the AcademyUVa awards a scholarship in honor of late dean who helped increase college access for low-income and minority students; Indiana-based researchers seek breast tissue from Hispanic women; Jobless grad sues NY college for tuition.August 3, 2009StudentsIn Brief: Stories From Around the AcademyUNLV chancellor demoted; President Bill Clinton named honorary Phi Beta Sigma; Hampton names new provost; University of South Carolina trustee charged with bank fraud.July 12, 2009Leadership & PolicyIn Brief: Stories From Around the AcademyUNLV chancellor demoted; President Bill Clinton named honorary Phi Beta Sigma; Hampton names new provost; University of South Carolina trustee charged with bank fraud.July 12, 2009Leadership & PolicyRutgers Names First Black ChancellorRutgers University’s board has appointed the school’s first Black chancellor.April 5, 2009Native AmericansASU Looks Back on 3 Decades of American Indian Projects WorkThe bulky, 1970s-era phones stacked in a corner of Edwin Gonzalez-Santin’s office at Arizona State University remind him how far he’s come. Back when the phones were new, he taught courses via conference calls to students in Navajo communities from Tempe to New Mexico who would have lost their vital jobs if they had left their reservations to attend classes on campus.July 22, 2008Native AmericansStudents Learn Entrepreneurial Skills at UAStudents representing American Indian tribes across Arizona are gaining real-world business experience they can apply toward starting their own enterprises at the Native American Youth Entrepreneur Camp, this week at the University of Arizona, the university announced.July 22, 2008Native AmericansPenn State Receives Grant for Leadership TrainingPenn State’ College of Education has received more than $960,000 to offer new graduate fellowships to American Indian and Alaska Native students who are interested in becoming school principals, the university announced.. The fellowship program is funded by the Office of Indian Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education.July 22, 2008LatinxHonolulu Council Renounces “Wetback” SlurThe Honolulu City Council unanimously rebuked one of its members, Rod Tam, for using the derogatory term “wetbacks” to refer to undocumented Mexican workers.June 10, 2008LatinxImmigrants Are Assimilating Quickly, but Mexicans Lag Most, Report SaysDespite rapid growth in the immigrant population, newcomers of the past quarter-century have assimilated more rapidly than their counterparts of a century ago, according to a conservative think tank.May 20, 2008Previous PagePage 2 of 5Next Page