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Section: Demographics > Latinx
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California Leaders Pledge $30M for Young Immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers announced Tuesday that they plan to spend $30 million helping young immigrants with legal services and college financial aid. The announcement comes in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that gives temporary protection from deportation to people brought to the country […]
September 12, 2017
Students
Trump Puts Future of DACA in Hands of Congress
President Donald J. Trump’s decision to rescind DACA Tuesday drew swift and scathing criticism from various higher education leaders, advocates for immigrants and lawmakers on Capitol Hill — but many remained hopeful that Congress would act to achieve a permanent solution for Dreamers.
September 5, 2017
Students
Trump Leaks Darken DACA Future
President Trump’s intention to end DACA, but give Congress six months to fix the policy, amounts to a failure in Trump’s ability to lead.
September 4, 2017
Students
Undocumented Serrano Puts His Fear Out Front
Moises Serrano’s Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America depicts portions of his life, as he navigates society as a queer and undocumented man.
August 30, 2017
Latinx
Guillermo: Trump Must Not Shut Off Dream of DACA
We are coming up to a major game of chicken over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
August 28, 2017
Students
Youth Advocates Warily Await DACA Fate
Advocates for immigrant youth spent the weekend speaking out against rumored plans by President Donald J. Trump to kill DACA — an Obama-era program that allows certain undocumented young people to live and work in the country without fear of deportation.
August 27, 2017
Students
Garcia Feels Most Effective on Front Lines of Higher Education
Although Dr. Gina Ann Garcia is an advocate for equity and diversity, she didn’t always know that she wanted to build a career in higher education. But during her time in college, Garcia decided that she wanted to give people the same “transformative” experience that she had as a student.
August 23, 2017
Students
St. Philip’s College Embraces Dual Identity
Artemisia Bowden St. Philip’s College has the distinction of being both a historically Black college and a Hispanic serving institution.
August 17, 2017
Students
I Failed the System: Representation, Meritocracy and Changing Education from the Top Down
I couldn’t fit the “college mold”, so I just gave up. I thought I failed the system and not the other way around. And, there are many first-generation, working-class youth giving up every day because they feel the same way.
August 2, 2017
Students
Has California Found the Answer to More Equitable Developmental Education?
California Bill AB 705 aims to reduce the burden of performing well on a standardized test as the singular opportunity for students to get into credit-bearing courses.
July 26, 2017
Students
Program to Help Guide Hispanic Prep Students to College
The Hispanic Student College Institute is aimed at helping students become better prepared for applying to colleges by learning about the search and application process, essay writing, resume building, and developing leadership and public speaking skills.
July 25, 2017
Students
Fight Flares in Arizona Over Tuition for Young Immigrants
PHOENIX — A former Arizona lawmaker known as the driving force behind most of the state’s toughest immigration laws is moving to challenge the university system for temporarily allowing young immigrants protected from deportation to keep paying lower-cost in-state tuition. It comes after a court ruled that students in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, […]
July 13, 2017
Students
National Council of La Raza Changes Its Name to UnidosUS
One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization has changed its name in an effort to appeal to a younger generation. The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—known for its advocacy civil rights work on behalf of Hispanic communities—is now called “UnidosUS,” which is translated to mean “united.” The name change is an effort by […]
July 11, 2017
Students
Guillermo: U. of California Achieves Diversity Despite Prop. 209
In 1996, Californians passed a law written and supported by right-wing zealots trying to stop diversity and affirmative action efforts throughout the state.
July 9, 2017
Students
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 […]
July 9, 2017
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.
July 6, 2017
Students
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.
July 6, 2017
Students
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.
June 27, 2017
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