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Latinx
Gettting to Know You: Diversity in Friendships Reduces Stress, UCB Study Finds
Making friends outside your own ethnic group or race in academic settings can reduce stress, researchers at University of California at Berkeley have found.
November 4, 2008
Latinx
Brown U. Survey of Latinos Debunks Myths
An analysis of political attitudes and civic engagement of Latinos in Rhode Island released Oct. 30 by Brown University debunks 10 common myths about them.
November 4, 2008
Latinx
Conference Re-Examines Role of Chicano Pioneers
In a year when the phrase community organizer has taken become a buzzword in the presidential campaign that just ended, activists and scholars will gather Nov. 16 to 18 to document and discuss one of the earliest, most significant community organizing efforts in California history.
November 4, 2008
Latinx
A Culture of Family And College
As Hispanic women balance family values and responsibilities with the ambition to attend college, admissions counselors are providing them with culturally sensitive retention tools.
October 29, 2008
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Jargon May Pose Danger to Hispanic Construction Workers
Hispanic workers and others new to construction sites might be at risk of injury because of unfamiliarity with the jargon they hear in safety training and on the job, according to pilot studies conducted at Purdue University.
October 28, 2008
Students
Arkansas Chancellor Could Support In-State Rates for the Undocumented
The head of Arkansas’ flagship university said the state must do everything possible to encourage more students to seek bachelor’s degrees – possibly even by offering undocumented immigrants the lower tuition rates given to in-state residents.
October 28, 2008
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Latinx
An Obama Win Could Shift Balance in Cuba, Scholar Says
Electing Barack Obama president could significantly change the balance of power in Cuba and among Latinos in the United States because Cuba would be forced to deal with the first American administration in decades that is poised to strengthen ties with the country’s military government, a University at Buffalo scholar predicts.
October 28, 2008
Students
Brownsville Wins $1Million Prize for Academic Gains
One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won the coveted $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education last week in recognition of its academic advances.
October 21, 2008
Latinx
Hearing on UT Border-Wall Issue Being Webcast Today
The University of Texas Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall has been granted a general hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, that will be held today (Wednesday, Oct 22). from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the commission’s Washington, D.C., headquarters and webcast to a global audience, UT announced.
October 21, 2008
Latinx
GW Wins $10 Million Contract for Language Clearinghouse
A $10 million, five-year contract has been awarded to George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, GW has announced.
October 21, 2008
Latinx
Program Sells Mothers and Daughters on College Goals
The Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program at Arizona State University, which has helped thousands of young women finish high school and attend college, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, ASU announced.
October 14, 2008
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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.
October 14, 2008
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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.
October 14, 2008
Latinx
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.
October 14, 2008
Latinx
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.
October 14, 2008
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Students
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.
October 13, 2008
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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.
October 12, 2008
Latinx
Puerto Rican Fund Expands Its Title
New York’s Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund is changing its name.
October 7, 2008
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