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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.” Both recruiting and retaining Native students showed up in the report as an area of improvement for MSU. “We “We didn’t think that was enough,” says Weatherspoon.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.” Both recruiting and retaining Native students showed up in the report as an area of improvement for MSU. “We “We didn’t think that was enough,” says Weatherspoon.

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two UCLA alumni have pledged $10 million over a five-year period to their alma mater. Establishing an endowed chair position also serves as a valuable recruiting tool for faculty members, she added. This money can be put towards a number of resource-intensive projects and programming, said Speed, a citizen of the Chickasaw nation.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A plan for mainstream colleges and universities has been laid out for intentional engagement in recruitment and retention. Gusbeth notes that a Gallup Tribal College Alumni Survey statistic shows that 76% of Native American students desire to work for their communities.

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Education Partnering Organization Launches Digital Community Platform for International Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University staff can better engage and provide timely support to their students,” said Jenny Nguyen , marketing and recruitment manager for INTO UAB. This is a win-win solution."

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Identifying Gladiator Institutions: Welcoming Institutions for Athletes of Color Only

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thousands of other fans who can procure tickets will watch the games in person, and many of these folks will be alumni of one of the two teams competing on the field – both teams are likely to feature star players who are young men of color. Dr. William B.