Tag: Immigrants: Page 41

Drawing Upon the Diaspora

Callie Watkins entered Harvard University looking forward to interacting with a diverse student population. Story:

August 24, 2005

Hate Groups Turn Focus on Hispanic Immigrants

Organized hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan have historically terrorized Blacks, Jews, homosexuals and others around the country. Story:

August 24, 2005

Hispanic Population Continues to Grow

Alabama’s Hispanic population continues to grow at a fast rate, according to the latest U.S. Census figures Story:

August 16, 2005

Archaeologists Seek Clues to Central Park Settlement Founded by Free Blacks

Archaeologists are digging with electronic fingers into the soil of Central Park to learn more about Seneca Village Story:

August 14, 2005

Study: California Ethnic Groups Seeing Increased Cancer Rates

Study: California Ethnic Groups Seeing Increased Cancer RatesLOS ANGELES A statewide study on cancer and ethnicity hints that cancer rates among immigrant groups may be tied to their degree of assimilation into American culture. The study, released by the University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, marks the first statewide look at cancer rates […]

January 12, 2005

Surging in the Southeast

Surging in the Southeast North Carolina HBCUs expected to play significant role in facilitating college access for the increasing Latino population in the region By Ronald Roach Given the surging growth in the U.S. Latino population in recent years, nowhere have those increases been occurring faster than in the southeast. North Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia, […]

September 22, 2004

Morris Brown Employee Sentenced in Visa Scheme Involving Illegal Immigrants

Morris Brown Employee Sentenced in Visa Scheme Involving Illegal ImmigrantsATLANTA A former Morris Brown College employee was one of two people sentenced to federal prison for falsely providing student visas to illegal immigrants under the guise they would be attending the historically Black Atlanta college. Leroy Evans, 57, of College Park was sentenced to 37 […]

September 22, 2004

University of California System More Diverse Than Originally Thought

University of California System More Diverse Than Originally ThoughtResearch shows more than half of undergrads are immigrants or children of immigrants By Pamela Burdman SACRAMENTO, Calif. The University of California has long been recognized as a diverse institution, but a new report reveals another dimension of that diversity: More than half of UC’s undergraduates are […]

August 25, 2004

Census Bureau Releases Data

Census Bureau Releases Data On Educational Attainment by Race, EthnicityWASHINGTON More U.S. residents than ever have high school and college diplomas, although rates still vary greatly by race and ethnicity, the Census Bureau says. Among those 25 and older last year, 84.6 percent had graduated from high school, up from 84.1 percent the previous year, […]

July 28, 2004

The State of Latino Education: A War Against Ignorance

The State of Latino Education: A War Against IgnoranceThe population of Latinos in the United States has skyrocketed to approximately 40 million, and they’ve begun to move into virtually every state in the union, particularly into the Midwest, Northwest and Southeast. Yet, with the exception of many schools in the Southwest, many schools from K-12 […]

June 16, 2004

House Committee Passes Bill to

House Committee Passes Bill to Ease Immigrants’ Access to CollegeThe Senate Judiciary Committee in October passed the DREAM Act on a 16-3 vote, pushing forward a bill that would make it easier for undocumented immigrants to attend U.S. colleges.About 50,000 undocumented immigrants graduate from U.S. high schools each year, and federal law prevents state institutions from […]

December 3, 2003

More Hispanic Immigrants Earn Degrees, But Education Gap Persists

More Hispanic Immigrants Earn Degrees, But Education Gap Persists WASHINGTONMany more Hispanic immigrants are completing high school and earning college degrees, but the education gap with native-born Americans remains wide, a Latino research group reported last month. Education levels also vary by the country from which a Latino immigrant came, according to the report by […]

January 1, 2003

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