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Section: Demographics > Latinx

Experts Urge ‘Culturally Competent’ Programs for Educating Hispanic Families

With an already exploding population growth, Hispanic people will have a growing impact on all policy matters related to the family, and in effect, health care and education, according to a new report.

November 20, 2007

Rutgers University: Hispanic Children Have Least Access to Preschool

Hispanic children lag behind other ethnic groups in access to preschool education, according to a recent report from researchers at Rutgers University.

November 20, 2007

Just the Stats: Fewer Hispanics Study Music Than Other Groups

Hispanics are less likely than their minority peers to participate in music education throughout their lifetime, and yet they earn the most music degrees, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

November 20, 2007

Rutgers University: Hispanic Children Have Least Access to Preschool

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Hispanic children lag behind other ethnic groups in access to preschool education, according to a recent report from researchers at Rutgers University.

November 20, 2007

Experts Urge ‘Culturally Competent’ Programs for Educating Hispanic Families

With an already exploding population growth, Hispanic people will have a growing impact on all policy matters related to the family, and in effect, health care and education, according to a new report.

November 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Chicano Nationalist Professor Fired Despite Student Protests of Censorship

The teaching contract of a 25-year University of New Mexico instructor, who supports the secession of Southwest states to form an independent Chicano nation, is not being renewed despite protests from students who fear the university is stifling academic freedom.

November 19, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Study See Inequities for Latino Students

Latino students lag far behind White and Asian students on every indicator of school success — achievement, high school graduation, and college preparation, according to a study by the University of California-Los Angeles Institute for Democracy, Education and Access.

November 13, 2007

New Mexico Receives $3.5 Million Grant to Enhance Nursing Programs

SANTA FE, N.M The New Mexico Higher Education Department has awarded $3.5 million to support nursing programs at 17 of the state’s public colleges and universities. The grants ranged from $50,000 to $500,000, the department announced.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas School Board Member Wants Curriculum to Include More Hispanics

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A Texas State Board of Education member said Monday that upcoming revisions to the state’s core public school curriculum must include lessons on historical contributions made by Hispanics, women and American Indians.

November 13, 2007

Veto Casts Cloud Over Education Bill That Would Have Increased Pell Grants, MSI Funding

President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a 2008 education budget bill that many advocates had championed for its proposed increases in student financial aid and college-access programs. Now, the House and Senate need to muster a two-thirds majority to bring into law the bill, which would have increased the maximum Pell Grant and provide more funding for minority-serving institutions.

November 12, 2007

Temple University Educator Chosen for Philadelphia School Reform Panel

Dr. Heidi A. Ramirez, an education specialist who directs the Urban Education Collaborative at Temple University, has been named to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced Monday.

November 6, 2007

Hispanic Students Thrive More in Culture of Community, Says Report

Hispanic students tend to succeed more at institutions where there is a culture of inclusiveness and an explicit commitment from the leadership to serve the community, according to a new report from The American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU).

November 6, 2007

California School Gets U.S. Grant to Enhance Programs Serving Hispanics

The U.S. Department of Education has granted the University of La Verne in Southern California a $2.47 million, five-year grant to enhance programs in its College of Business & Public Management.

November 6, 2007

Districts Adopt Mexican Curriculum to Help Hispanic Students

Several school districts in the South and West that serve large populations of Spanish-speaking immigrant students are moving to align their middle- and high-school curriculae with what is being taught in Mexico.

November 4, 2007

Private Jersey College Grapples With Spate of Racial Incidents, Tragedies

TRENTON, N.J. Rider University, where officials are still dealing with three recent bias incidents that have attracted public attention, is no stranger to controversy and tragedy lately. It has also been the scene of two deaths related to substance abuse that have attracted widespread attention and controversy this year.

November 4, 2007

CEO Claims Anti-Minority Remarks Edited on YouTube

The founder and chief of Internet retailer Overstock.com recently got into hot water with controversial remarks he made about minorities and education but he now claims they weren’t just taken out of context.

November 4, 2007

Study: Kids of Immigration Raid Arrestees Face Mental Problems

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. Amid thousands of children around the country distraught over a parent arrested in immigration raids, federal officials, school officials and advocates for immigrants argued over who was to blame for leading kids to post-traumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety and depression, as a study released last Wednesday found.

November 4, 2007

Rising Tuition Raises Ire of Congress, Which Is Constantly Being Asked to Raise Student Aid

More federal aid should not prompt colleges and universities to raise their tuitions, witnesses told a House committee Thursday. But some lawmakers continue to seek a link between the two issues as they consider new initiatives to promote college access and success.

November 1, 2007