http://wlrn.org en http://wlrn.org/post/new-scholarship-standards-seen-disqualifying-majority-black-hispanic-students More than half of Florida&#8217;s Hispanic and black students at state universities currently eligible for the state&#8217;s Bright Futures college scholarship would no longer qualify when new standards take effect on July 1, according to a University of South Florida analysis obtained by the Florida College Access Network.<p>By comparison, about 40 percent of white and Asian students at state universities would no longer be eligible for the scholarship.<p>The minimum SAT and ACT scores required to eligible for the merit-based scholarships is increasing. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:35:05 +0000 John O'Connor 11797 at http://wlrn.org http://wlrn.org/post/poverty-access-issues-blamed-poor-health-browards-black-communities <p></p><p>Black residents of Broward County are much more likely than whites or Hispanics to experience infant mortality, obesity or HIV/AIDS, according to an alarming new report from the Urban League, and nobody should try to blame the results on poor lifestyle choices .</p><p>According to the Urban League's Danielle Doss-Brown, it's unarguably the result of poverty and lack of access to insurance and health care. Complicating it is a shortage of sources of healthy food in many black communities.</p> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0000 Rick Stone 8697 at http://wlrn.org Poverty, Access Issues Blamed For Poor Health In Broward's Black Communities