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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Win Grants To Spur Economic Growth

Colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps.

HSI Leaders Appeal For Increased Funding

With the White House proposing cuts for their favored programs next year, leaders of Hispanic-serving colleges and universities descended on Washington, D.C., this week to state their case for more, not less, funding for fiscal year 2009.

Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds

A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.

Seminar on Border Relations Puts Spotlight on University of Arizona

United States and Mexican experts are attending a seminar this week at the University of Arizona on issues facing Arizona and trends along the border, the university announced.

Book Lets Latino Dropouts in Rural Areas Tell Their Stories

A new book, Latino Dropouts in Rural America: Realities and Possibilities, allows former high school students from rural communities in Idaho to tell their own stories about why they left school.

Diverse Calendar

April 13-15 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 13th Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Madison Hotel Washington, D.C. Web: www.hacu.net April 13-16 The Community College Foundation TechEd 2008 Ontario Convention Center Ontario, Calif. Web: www.techedevents.org/2008 April 15-18 American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) 31st Annual National Conference “Advancing the Understanding of […]

MSIs Score Significant Victory in Congress

More minority-serving institutions are competing for and winning Homeland Security Department funding.

Northeastern Illinois University Program Seeks to Empower Hispanic Scholars

In Spanish, the word “enlace” is defined as a mechanism that unites two or more things or elements together.

Professional Development

Addressing Low Representation

Despite 30 years of affirmative action, the faculty profile at the majority of American colleges and universities remains largely White.

Professional Development

UT-El Paso and Community College Join in Program to Help Students Succeed

Academic advising, institutional programs and student engagement are critical factors to Hispanic student success, according to officials at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC). The two schools have formed a joint partnership program for the students in their area.

Chicana Educator Honored at UC San Diego

Gracia Molina Enriquez de Pick, an activist in the international feminist movement and lifelong proponent of educational reform was the honoree for the University of California at San Diego’s Cesar Chavez celebration kickoff on Tuesday (April 1).

Faculty & Staff

Chicano/Latino History Scholar Named Dean at UC Irvine

Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz, a University of California/Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of Humanities.

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