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SFSU Creates Dean of Social Justice Post

San Francisco State University has named Jacob Perea to the newly created post of university dean for social justice initiatives.

Notre Dame Among Hosts for 2010 Hispanic MBA Expo

The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business will be the lead academic sponsor for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs’ (NSHMBA) National Conference and Career Expo in Chicago on Oct. 21-23, 2010.

Grant Will Help Prepare Special-Education Experts

Vivian Correa, a Clemson University education professor, received an $800,000 grant to prepare future leaders in the field of special education.

Wal-Mart Foundation Gives Over $4 Million to Institute for Higher Education Policy

The Wal-Mart Foundation has announced a $4.2 million grant to support programs to increase first-generation student success at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges and universities.

Texas Border Schools Lead Nation in Hispanic Degree Achievement

Texas institutions of higher education along the border boast record numbers of Hispanic student enrollment and degree completion likely because their use of certain practices to narrow enrollment and graduation gaps between Hispanics and other students, according to a new report released today.

HACU to Host Live Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Issues

The Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network (HITN) along with the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) will broadcast a live forum on Hispanic higher education today at 5:30 p.m. (EST) featuring notable scholars and administrators.

Puerto Rican Fund Expands Its Title

New York’s Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund is changing its name.

Opinion: Righting the Ship for Students With Limited English Skills

In 1974, Lau v. Nichols, set a new precedent in bilingual education when it required school districts to assist all students without regard to English language deficiencies. All school programs conducted exclusively in English were deemed unconstitutional because they denied equal access to education to English learners.

Faculty & Staff

Illinois Professor Wins Poetry Prize

Paul Martinez Pompa, a faculty member in the English department at Triton College in River Grove, Ill., is the 2008 recipient of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize given by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), university officials announced.

Latina Scholar to Lecture on Church Issues

The growing Latino population — largely Roman Catholic — and the challenges and opportunities it presents to the Catholic Church in the United States will be the subject of the annual Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the University of South Carolina.

UMD Assesses Campus Climate Among Hispanic Students

At the University of Maryland, College Park, Hispanic students want more faculty and administrative support, additional mentorship opportunities and a cultural center to address their needs and concerns, according to a recent survey conducted by the institution’s Adele H. Stamp Student Union for Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy.

All-Star Player and Wife Start Education Foundation

The Martinez Foundation, which launched September 25, aims to help more Latino students attend college and more minority students become teachers.

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