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Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

Gettting to Know You: Diversity in Friendships Reduces Stress, UCB Study Finds

Making friends outside your own ethnic group or race in academic settings can reduce stress, researchers at University of California at Berkeley have found.

Brown U. Survey of Latinos Debunks Myths

An analysis of political attitudes and civic engagement of Latinos in Rhode Island released Oct. 30 by Brown University debunks 10 common myths about them.

Conference Re-Examines Role of Chicano Pioneers

In a year when the phrase community organizer has taken become a buzzword in the presidential campaign that just ended, activists and scholars will gather Nov. 16 to 18 to document and discuss one of the earliest, most significant community organizing efforts in California history.

A Culture of Family And College

As Hispanic women balance family values and responsibilities with the ambition to attend college, admissions counselors are providing them with culturally sensitive retention tools.

Jargon May Pose Danger to Hispanic Construction Workers

Hispanic workers and others new to construction sites might be at risk of injury because of unfamiliarity with the jargon they hear in safety training and on the job, according to pilot studies conducted at Purdue University.

Arkansas Chancellor Could Support In-State Rates for the Undocumented

The head of Arkansas’ flagship university said the state must do everything possible to encourage more students to seek bachelor’s degrees – possibly even by offering undocumented immigrants the lower tuition rates given to in-state residents.

An Obama Win Could Shift Balance in Cuba, Scholar Says

Electing Barack Obama president could significantly change the balance of power in Cuba and among Latinos in the United States because Cuba would be forced to deal with the first American administration in decades that is poised to strengthen ties with the country’s military government, a University at Buffalo scholar predicts.

Brownsville Wins $1Million Prize for Academic Gains

One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won the coveted $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education last week in recognition of its academic advances.

Hearing on UT Border-Wall Issue Being Webcast Today

The University of Texas Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall has been granted a general hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, that will be held today (Wednesday, Oct 22). from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the commission’s Washington, D.C., headquarters and webcast to a global audience, UT announced.

GW Wins $10 Million Contract for Language Clearinghouse

A $10 million, five-year contract has been awarded to George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, GW has announced.

Program Sells Mothers and Daughters on College Goals

The Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program at Arizona State University, which has helped thousands of young women finish high school and attend college, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, ASU announced.

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