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English Fluency Rises in Second Generation Among Hispanics, Says Report

A dramatic increase in fluency in the English language from one generation of Hispanics to the next emerges from a new analysis of a Pew Hispanic Center survey.

December 8, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Professor Allegedly Makes Racist Remarks in Class at Brandeis University

The professor allegedly used the term “wetbacks” in class, a derogatory expression used to describe immigrants who have crossed the Mexican border illegally. Brandeis University moved swiftly and decisively to correct the situation by placing a monitor in his class, but a faculty committee says the university threatened the professor’s academic freedom to remedy a situation that it hadn’t fully investigated.

December 1, 2007

Diversity Debate Shakes Up Quiet Liberal Arts Campus

GRANVILLE, Ohio Nooses on a poster advertising a Halloween singing concert set off two weeks of debate and protest at Denison University, a largely White liberal arts campus. The college choir, which had invited students to “come hang with us,” removed the posters, canceled the concert and turned the event into a forum on discrimination. But some students say the ad was the last straw and exposed an ugly side to this expensive university situated in a quaint central Ohio town.

November 29, 2007

New Report Highlights Factors in English Proficiency, Assimilation Among Hispanics

Fluency for Hispanic immigrants increases across generations, according to a new report released by the Pew Hispanic Center, a research organization based in Washington, D.C.

November 28, 2007

Studies: Hispanic Youth Look for Acceptance, Often Turn to Gangs

RALEIGH, N.C. Hispanic youths in North Carolina, struggling to find acceptance in U.S. culture, are increasingly turning to gangs and to other self-destructive behaviors, according to studies and those who follow the trends.

November 27, 2007

Studies: Hispanic Youth Look for Acceptance, Often Turn to Gangs

RALEIGH, N.C. Hispanic youths in North Carolina, struggling to find acceptance in U.S. culture, are increasingly turning to gangs and to other self-destructive behaviors, according to studies and those who follow the trends.

November 27, 2007

Just the Stats: Hispanics Perceive Major Differences in Race-Ethnic Relations in Suburbia

Differences in people’s perceptions on how they are treated by the court system, salespeople and suburban communities are apparent across racial and ethnic lines, according to a new poll recently released by Manhattanville College.

November 27, 2007

Just the Stats: Hispanics Perceive Major Differences in Race-Ethnic Relations in Suburbia

Differences in people’s perceptions on how they are treated by the court system, salespeople and suburban communities are apparent across racial and ethnic lines, according to a new poll recently released by Manhattanville College.

November 27, 2007

Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Sets a Precedent

So far this year, Columbia University Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic has secured political asylum in the U.S. for a gay Jamaican man and for a lesbian from Turkmenistan, who feared persecution for her sexual orientation and political opinions in that mostly Muslim country. These are just two of the cases being handled by the fledgling clinic embarking on an emerging field — sexuality and gender law.

November 24, 2007

Blacks More Pessimistic About Racial Progress, Study Finds

WASHINGTON Growing numbers of Blacks say they’re worse off than five years ago and don’t expect their lives to improve, a study released Tuesday shows. Black pessimism about racial progress in America, according to the study, is the worst it’s been in more than two decades.

November 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fired Soccer Coach Sues Nevada; Says NCAA Rules Broken

RENO Nev. Nevada’s former women’s soccer coach filed a lawsuit against university officials on Thursday, claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaining about NCAA rules violations and discrimination against her players.\

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fired Soccer Coach Sues Nevada; Says NCAA Rules Broken

RENO Nev. Nevada’s former women’s soccer coach filed a lawsuit against university officials on Thursday, claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaining about NCAA rules violations and discrimination against her players.

November 8, 2007

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