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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.

Back to School: Autistic Students Get Help Navigating College Life

When Dan Hackett started college, he didn’t make the grades he knew he could. Hackett, who has Asperger’s syndrome, found at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh that some of his symptoms were holding him back. He had difficulty organizing his time and managing assignments. “I always knew I could do better,” said […]

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.

Building a Black Male Learning Community

A center at the University of West Georgia focused on Black male students prepares them for college success and beyond.

Native Americans

Museum Shows Work of “Indian/Not Indian” Artist

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will present a career retrospective of works by what it calls one of the most transformative American artists of the last half century, Fritz Scholder (1937-2005), officials announced.

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