Daily Lumina News 051122

Over the course of more than 100 years, hundreds of thousands of Native American children in the United States were removed from their families, placed in federal boarding schools, and forced to abandon their Native languages and culture.
One college in Colorado, which also is one of the top Native American degree conferring institutions in the country, is now reckoning with that history.

For many students who graduated from college during the COVID-19 pandemic, a video call replaced a traditional commencement. Colleges hustled to organize remote ceremonies, but cyberspace can only offer so much.
As the Class of 2022 crosses the stage this spring, colleges are reconsidering what they can do for students who turned their tassels in quarantine.

Throughout their time on campus, many college students often feel like strangers in a strange land. They deal for years with food and housing insecurities and other fundamental challenges to degree completion. But then when they are close to the finish line, one last obstacle will derail them.
A long-time university president urges colleges to find and support these almost-alums—and those who are still at school.

In school, Dear Aunaetitrakul remembers thinking that society didn’t view Asian Americans as people being oppressed. They were the model minorities who excelled academically, coasting their way through elite colleges, or so the stereotype would have people believe.
Today, as part of her role at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois, Aunaetitrakul is on a mission to educate people about the diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander students and the barriers they face.

America’s “some college, no degree” population is growing, with more than 39 million people starting at a two-year or four-year college and stopping out before earning a degree or certificate.
A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shines a light on this forgotten population—and provides a much-needed blueprint for educators, employers, policymakers, and community leaders on how to move forward.

As the Supreme Court once again considers the role of race in college admissions, colleges are pondering what alternatives they might use if the justices ban race as a factor in selecting students.
It’s a scenario that has played out at least once before, yielding another approach that was floated then quickly scuttled. Could the so-called strivers model be resurrected now?