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Houston Chronicle Highlights PVAMU's Diversity

Friday, October 02, 2009

Houston Chronicle Highlights PVAMU's Diversity

As a white student at a school that has traditionally served African-Americans, Miles Stiles said there is no mystery to why he enrolled at Texas Southern University. “It was close. It was inexpensive,” he said. “It was a practical decision.” Race, he said, “wasn't a huge issue for me.” Along with other historically black universities around the country, TSU is becoming more diverse, both by design — President John Rudley is aggressively recruiting Latino high school students — and as a reflection of the changing communities around them.

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6646207.html

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