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Section: Demographics > Latinx

Blacks Will Be Undercounted Under New Proposal, Civil Rights Groups Say

Civil rights groups are opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to change the way colleges and K-12 schools…

October 18, 2006

Conference Focuses on Improving Educational Opportunities For the Next Generation of Hispanics

When U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral visits Hispanic elementary school students across the nation…

October 18, 2006

UTEP, Maricopa County Community College Recognized for Hispanic Graduation Efforts

The University of Texas at El Paso and Maricopa County Community College in Arizona have the nation’s two best programs…

October 18, 2006

HACU Conference To Highlight Success Stories

The 20th Annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference, held later this month…

October 18, 2006

Corporate Recruiting In the 21st Century

Recruiting for diverse talent is a major priority in corporate America…

October 18, 2006

Hispanic Students Struggle to Pay for College, Says Report

WASHINGTON College is becoming increasingly unaffordable for more and more Latino students, according to a new report released yesterday by the Campaign for America’s Future.

October 12, 2006

Jump Starting Latino Achievement

Lorretta Chavez knows that for poor Mexican American children in Colorado…

September 27, 2006

HACU Conference to Focus on Increasing Hispanic Student Success

The 20th Annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference to be held next month will focus on increasing the success of Hispanic students.

September 25, 2006

Foreign Scholars Continue To Be Scrutinized By U.S. Authorities

A number of foreign scholars have been denied entry this year to the United States on grounds of political or ideological affiliations. According to the ACLU, the U.S. government is using ideological exclusion not as a legitimate reason to protect the country but just to stop someone who is against government policy per se.

September 23, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The HIspanic-Serving Designation: Asset or Deficit?

There are more than 200 American colleges and universities federally designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions, but only four mention this classification in their mission statements.

September 21, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Culture and Academic Performance

U.S. Census reports remind us that Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing minority population in the United States…

September 20, 2006

Researching Latinas In Crisis

When Dr. Luis H. Zayas was a clinician at a New York City hospital during the 1980s…

September 20, 2006

Jump Starting Latino Achievement

Lorretta Chavez knows that for poor Mexican American children in Colorado…

September 20, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Hispanic-Serving Designation: Asset or Deficit?

There are more than 200 American colleges and universities federally designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions…

September 20, 2006

Just the Stats: Solving the Hispanic-Serving Institution Riddle

One source said 209. The source in another story said 236. My editor asked me to sort it out. I’m a researcher and even I couldn’t give her a definitive answer to her question: How many Hispanic-Serving Institutions are there?

September 13, 2006

USAID Gives $35 Million Grant for 10 U.S.-Mexico University Partnerships

The U.S. Agency for International Development has announced a $35 million grant for 10 partnerships…

September 6, 2006

Leadership & Policy

An Appointment Under Scrutiny

There is a new chief in charge at Georgia Perimeter College, the five-campus, 50,000-student Atlanta-area…

September 6, 2006

Community College Photo

The Misinformation About Financial Aid

The escalating cost of college tuition seems to be on everyone’s minds these days…

August 23, 2006