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Section: Demographics > Latinx
Students
Education Leader Lifts Community Colleges Into Limelight
Eduardo J. Padron â a man with a gentle demeanor, steely determination and the look of a polished, stately professor â is one of the greatest proponents of the nationâs more than 1,000 community colleges.
April 12, 2010
African-American
âOne Floridaâ Plan Harmed Minority Enrollment
A newspaper analysis suggests former Gov. Jeb Bushâs decision to abolish affirmative action in college admissions has hurt minority enrollment. The Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday that Black college enrollment has failed to keep pace with the number of minorities graduating high school.
April 11, 2010
Latinx
Census Ads Seek to Boost Minority Participation
Ads promoting Census 2010 participation are appearing in 28 languages this year, up from 17 in 2000. Although minority groups make up just 26 percent of the population, more than half of the bureauâs $140 million ad-placement budget is going to campaigns that target them.
April 7, 2010
Students
Report: HSIs Key to Spurring Latino Movement Through STEM Pipeline
A Center for Urban Education (CUE) report argues that reversing the historic underfunding of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) will increase the number of Latino students going into the science and technology fields.
April 6, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Community Colleges Appreciate Attention, Need Money
Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for attention from the Obama administration but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them keep up with demand, let alone meet ambitious goals to make the U.S. the global leader in college graduates again by 2020.
April 5, 2010
African-American
Minority-focused STEM Funding Plan Raises Equity Concerns
A debate has emerged over science programs at minority-serving institutions and how best to prepare more students of color for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Loss of guaranteed funding and potential increased competition for NSF grants jeopardizes MSI programs, advocates say.
April 1, 2010
Students
Bipartisan Effort Vowed on Congressional Review of âNo Childâ Law
Congressional leaders vow bipartisan cooperation in revising the K-12 law, while associations push changes they consider essential to minority student success.
March 29, 2010
Latinx
Census Campaign Targets Tech-savvy Hispanic Youth
Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.
March 23, 2010
Students
Student Loan Reform Changes Necessary To Avert Pell Grant Crisis, Advocates Say
House approval of a student loan reform plan will help alleviate a potential crisis in the Pell Grant program as growing numbers of low-income students seek to access the program during this recession, higher education advocates say.
March 22, 2010
Latinx
Amid Bitter Health Care Debate, House Clears Student Loan Changes
After months of delays as education took a back seat to the health care debate, the House of Representatives Sunday night approved a mammoth bill that ties both issues together in a package that includes more support for Pell Grants and minority-serving institutions.
March 21, 2010
Latinx
Report: Low Hispanic College Completion Rates Endanger U.S. Attainment Goals
Hispanic college students generally graduate at lower rates than their White peers, even among schools with similar admissions standards, according to an American Enterprise Institute study.
March 17, 2010
Latinx
Opinion: The Proposed NSF Broadening Participation BudgetâA Lingering Odor
In congressional testimony, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden Bement voiced support for the Obama administrationâs 8-percent increase in the NSF FY 2011 budget to $7.42 billion. The words were earnest, but, for communities supported by the Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate, the increase smells of a skunk.
March 17, 2010
Latinx
Obamaâs Education Law Overhaul To Focus on College
The Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessorâs No Child Left Behind education law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of U.S. schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.
March 14, 2010
African-American
Obama Proposal Seeks to Consolidate Minority Undergraduate STEM Programs
Weighing a new approach for assisting minority college students in the sciences, the Obama administration has proposed the National Science Foundation consolidate major initiatives that target specific racial and ethnic groups for participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines into a single program.
March 10, 2010
Latinx
Minority Births on Track to Outnumber White Births
Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
March 10, 2010
Latinx
Sarah Lawrence College Hosts Womenâs History Conference on Hip-hop
Noting that most popular music is misogynistic, Dr. MarĂa Cristina Santana, interim director of womenâs studies at the University of Central Florida, began her talk on women and rap by posting the question, âHow do we find respect in popular music?â
March 7, 2010
Latinx
Alliance of 17 States Seeks To Boost College Completion Rates
More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow through and earn their diplomas.
March 2, 2010
Disabilties
Road to the Battle
Despite financial difficulties, the Virginia State University Trojan Explosion Marching Band cranks it up as they prepare for their trip to the ultimate HBCU showcase, the Honda Battle of the Bands. Take a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be the best musical ensemble in the countryâheart, dedication, and lots of practice.
March 1, 2010
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