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Asian American Pacific Islander

The Allure of Assimilation

I know ethnic nationalists. We all do. Some of them are unassuming in the sense of being modest even as they assuming in the sense of dividing the world and its inhabitants. For them, geography and borders are demarcated by ancestry and bloodlines. By their definition of belonging, only natives qualify as kith and kin. As a Chinese American, I feel vulnerable right now because of the anger toward China. If I insist, as I do, that I am an American, I doubt I am convincing.

Students

HBCUs to Host National Virtual Commencement Ceremony

After having conversations with seniors, Dr. Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College, recognized that many were upset about not being able to walk at graduation due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Believing that students at other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) shared a similar sentiment, Sorrell planned a virtual commencement ceremony to acknowledge the Class of 2020’s achievements.

African-American

D.C. to Financially Support Howard University’s New Teaching Hospital

Howard University and the Washington D.C. Mayor’s office last week announced a partnership under which the district will financially support a new teaching hospital at the university, toward the larger goal of building a citywide healthcare network that will serve residents in all communities. The district is going to provide Howard and a partner a […]

Students

Students, Schools Seek Answers in Era of Pandemic U.

We’ve crept into May, which is coincidentally Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on the diversity calendar. But as Helen Hsu sees it, there’s not much to celebrate if you’re an Asian American student.

African-American

Amid COVID-19, Doubling Pell Grants is the Next Urgent Need for HBCUs, Says UNCF

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is soon going to pitch for doubling Pell Grants so Black and other minority students consider attending college an attractive option despite the widespread economic havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

African-American

‘More Rivers to Cross’ for Penn State to Improve Status of Black Faculty

Penn State University still has “more rivers to cross” to improve the status of its Black faculty, according to a recent report by two of its professors who spent more than eight months researching the subject in an effort to highlight diversity issues at the institution.

African-American

Jackson State University Counsels Local Small Businesses Impacted By COVID-19

Jackson State University’s Small Business Development Center is working with local small businesses impacted by the pandemic.

Latinx

Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic

Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.

African-American

First-Year Students at Edward Waters College to Receive Laptops

Starting in the fall, first-year students at the historically Black Edward Waters College (EWC) will receive personal Chromebook laptop computers, in a new partnership between EWC and the Follett Higher Education Group, the college said in a statement. The collaboration, called the EWC/Follet ACCESS Program, is intended to enhance student access to technology. It will […]

African-American

Racist Hackers ‘Zoombomb’ Online Meeting of U of South Carolina’s African American Students

An online social gathering of the University of South Carolina’s (UofSC) African American students was ‘Zoombombed’ by hackers who invaded the video conferencing platform with racial slurs and images, reported WVLT 8. The incident occurred at an annual spring cookout hosted by the university’s Association of African American Students on Friday. The event was held […]

African-American

Asian Americans are Not the “Model Minority”

Asian Americans are wrongly assumed to be doing well, uniformly and virtually without exception. The stereotype, dubbed “the model minority myth,” has been debunked again and again, but it persists in ideological claims that Asian Americans demonstrate racial discrimination has been eliminated and hard work is all it takes to do well.

African-American

Two Young HBCU Graduates Raise Funds for Students Impacted by COVID-19

In the wake of COVID-19, Jonathan Allen and Derrick Young Jr. were anxious to lend a helping hand. Both Allen and Young — two graduates of Grambling State University, a historically Black university in Louisiana — launched an online fund to provide small emergency grants to Boston-area college students displaced by coronavirus.

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