By Catherine Groux May 15, 2013 Many Chinese students come to the U.S. for college.For the past few years, the number of Chinese students studying in the U.S. has continued to rise. In 2012, Chinese student enrollments rose by 23% overall, and by 31% at the undergraduate level in particular, according to the Institute...
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Jackeline Lizama (front) plans to attend a local community college after she graduates next month from her high school in Silver Spring, Md. – Hansi Lo Wang/NPR by HANSI LO WANG May 14, 2013 If the headline caught your eye, here’s more good news. Seven in 10 Latino high school graduates in...
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Sliding Into Homelessness I did everything right, but had nowhere to go ZAKKIAYA BOWEN I am 21 years old and a full-time student at LaGuardia Community College, working toward a degree in writing and literature. I am a writer for Represent magazine and I work as a research analyst for an international company....
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BY FREDDIE ALLEN, NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS May 07, 2013 WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Fewer Black males were enrolled in the first year of medical schools last year than 32 years ago, a trend that, if left uncorrected, could hamper efforts to provide quality health care to underserved communities, according to a top officer in...
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By Matthew Lynch, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education, Langston University (www.drmattlynch.com) 11/12/2012 Education is the cornerstone of success. Those who are educated have more opportunity, tend to make better choices, and will go on to teach their children to do likewise. Those who are educated tend to give back to their community more...
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Opinion High Incarceration rates drive high unemployment rates and high unemployment rates drive high incarceration rates By John Pawasarat May 11, 2013 4:00 p.m. Prison time is the most serious barrier to employment for Wisconsin male workers, making ex-offender populations the most difficult to place and sustain in full-time employment. When driver’s licensing...
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By Robert Bligh Posted by Valerie Strauss May 9, 2013 I write in response to UCLA Professor. Mike Rose’s “Leave No Unwealthy Child Behind” that was published on “The Answer Sheet.” I want to suggest a somewhat broader view of the problem. No rational person can question the overwhelming relationship between a financially impoverished...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Image provided by The Black Star Project) Walmart, Gap, J.C. Penny Among Companies Reporting; Advocates Call For Companies To Stop Using Harmful Chemicals, Find Safer Alternatives May 01, 2013 Seattle, WA –Over 5000 children’s products contain toxic chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and reproductive problems according...
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BY SAEED SHABAZZ -STAFF WRITER MAY 2, 2013 NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) – Youth unemployment has reached 11.7 percent nationally, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, however, for Black youth, ages 19 to 29 the national number is 20 percent, while 12.6 percent of Latinos in the same age bracket are unemployed. “Young people are finding...
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