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Latinx

Federal Program Helping Eastern Washington University Transform Lives

Dr. Christina Torres Garcia and her husband, Dr. Martin Meraz-Garcia, are Eastern Washington University professors and the first in their families to earn post-graduate degrees.

April 12, 2011

Latinx

Look Broadly for Funds, Fed Official Urges

Hispanic-serving institutions must think beyond programs targeted just at HSIs, or minority-serving colleges, and look toward broader competitive federal grants open to all of higher education, says an Obama administration official.

April 4, 2011

Latinx

Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message

The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to “speak with one voice” to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.

January 31, 2011

Latinx

Broadband Usage Growing Even as Gaps Persist

The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold from 2001 to 2009.

November 9, 2010

African-American

ETS Achievement Gap Conference Focuses on Families and Academic Development

At a time when a national debate rages over whether charter schools are better than traditional public schools in abating the achievement gap, a Washington conference sought to refocus attention on strengthening the family.

October 18, 2010

African-American

Black College Graduate Excels as UNCF Special Programs Leader

Aaron Andrews, the CEO of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp., credits the mentoring he received at Morgan State University for transforming “an insecure, inner-city kid” into a first-generation college graduate now bringing education to a new generation of disadvantaged minorities.

October 11, 2010

Latinx

Future Scholars Program Guides Tucson 5th Graders to College

Aida Garcia-Iniguez-Madero’s Tucson fifth-graders learned recently that planning for college now is as important as learning fractions and proper grammar.

September 22, 2010

Asian American Pacific Islander

Spreading the Word on Asian American Diversity

Kiran Ahuja, a former litigator and an alumnus of a historically Black college, leads the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

June 22, 2010

Asian American Pacific Islander

Obama Administration Seeks Increased Asian American and Pacific Islander Access to Federal Programs

For the month of May, Obama administration officials plan to hold a series of events aimed at improving the lives of underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

April 27, 2010

African-American

North Carolina HBCU Renegotiates Debt With $31 Million Federal Loan

One of the South’s oldest historically Black colleges has landed a $31 million federal loan that restructures several pieces of privately held debt.

March 24, 2010

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TRIO Leader Says Freeze Puts Programs at Risk

Advocates for federal TRIO college access and support programs are disappointed that, in actions from the $787 billion stimulus package to a multibillion-dollar college aid package, there was little or no discussion of TRIO.

March 23, 2010

African-American

Obama Signs Black College Executive Order

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

February 28, 2010