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Alabama Program Aims to Recruit Hispanic Nurses

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama is launching a program to increase the number of Hispanic nurses involved in health care. The Capstone College of Nursing has received a $1.7 million grant for the Bama-Latino Project, which aims to recruit Hispanics into baccalaureate nursing programs. Alabama nursing professor Normal Cuellar says in a statement […]

Faculty & Staff

CCNY, UTEP Team Up to Increase Hispanic Faculty in STEM

City College of New York and the University of Texas at El Paso have joined forces in an effort to increase the number of Hispanic faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs at higher education institutions.

Reza Khanbilvardi is director of NOAA CREST.

Students of Color Near 74 Percent of U. of California’s Fall Freshman Class

If you want to see what diversity might look like in the future, just go to the campuses of the University of California come September.

Experts: Colleges’ Media Messages Need Diverse Appeal

As the U.S. looks ahead to a “majority-minority” future, colleges and universities ought to make an effort to broaden their outreach to diverse audiences, according to Alberto Avendano, Washington bureau chief of the National Association of Hispanic Publications.

This College Media Conference panel took on the issue of “Sharpening the News Focus with Specialized Media.”

Faculty & Staff

Researchers Look to Census Data for Keys to Improving Educational Outcomes

A new report examines racial inequity in education and offers recommendations based off of research which touches on structural barriers that need to be overcome in order to improve educational outcomes for racial groups.

Dr. Robert T. Teranishi

Leadership & Policy

SUNY Albany Appoints its First Latino President

The State University of New York at Albany has tapped a prominent Latino administrator to lead the state institution. Dr. Havidán Rodríguez becomes the first Hispanic president of any SUNY four-year college.

Dr. Havidán Rodríguez

Arizona Court Overturns In-state Tuition for DREAMERs

PHOENIX — The Arizona Court of Appeals says young immigrants granted deferred deportation status under a program started by former President Barack Obama are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition. Tuesday’s ruling says a judge’s 2015 decision that deferred action recipients were considered legally present in the U.S. and therefore qualify for state benefits […]

Rodriguez: The X in LatinX

This development has happened due to issues relating to the fluidity of gender — a recognition that there is not simply a male-female binary.

University of Puerto Rico Reopening as Students End Protest

After more than 50 days of a sustained strike that suspended campus activities altogether, students at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus voted to end the protest on Monday. Classes are expected to begin again next week.

Ana Matanzo Vicens is a professor at the UPR School of Law.

Rodriguez: Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz Identity

A couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that: “Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become part of the Chicano […]

Wells, Annie 134872.ME.0308.walkout Sonia Salazar, 20, a UCSB student in Chicano Studies and Belmont HS graduate, joins over 1,000 people to commemorate the historic East LA student walkouts of 1968. They marched from Lincoln High School (in the background) to Hazard Park. The 1968 action launched the Chicano Civil Rights Movement . Photo by Annie Wells 03/08/08

Rodriguez: Arizona Court to Decide What We Can Learn

The long-anticipated trial to determine whether there were racial motivations in terminating Tucson Unified School District’s highly effective Raza Studies Department begins next month.

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Leaders of Minority-Serving Institutions Ask Congress to Bolster Pell Grant

The presidents and chancellors of 10 minority-serving institutions called on members of Congress to strengthen federal investment in the Pell program, in a letter released on Wednesday afternoon.

Dr. Harold Martin is chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University.

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