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Section: Demographics > Latinx
Faculty & Staff
USC Announces $70 Million Gift by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine
University of Southern California says Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.
May 15, 2013
African-American
Latino College Enrollment Rate Surpasses That of Whites
The rate at which Latino high school graduates enrolled in college reached a record high in 2012, and it exceeded that of Whites for the first time, a new Pew Research Center analysis shows.
May 14, 2013
Faculty & Staff
First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington
This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.
May 7, 2013
African-American
Sotomayor Makes Herself at Home at NYC Literature Festival
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just “Sonia from the Bronx.”
May 6, 2013
Students
City College of New York Honors Colin Powell
General Colin Powell returned to his alma mater, City College of New York, to commemorate the school’s decision to rename its division of social sciences after him.
May 5, 2013
Faculty & Staff
American Indian Activist Horse Capture Dies
American Indian activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75.
May 2, 2013
Faculty & Staff
‘Central Park Five’ Activists Want Columbia Law Professor Fired for Role in Infamous Case
Protesters are calling on Columbia University to fire part-time law professor Elizabeth Lederer who along with Linda Fairstein were the lead prosecutors who handled the botched 1989 case.
April 21, 2013
Latinx
Administrator Set Solid Course for Twin Rising Stars
Rosie Castro has helped underserved students navigate the landscape of academia even as she’s nurtured, trained and inspired two rising political stars, Julian Castro and Joaquin Castro.
April 17, 2013
Students
Los Angeles Chicano Rights Activist Castro Dies
Sal Castro, a social studies teacher who played a leading role in 1960s Chicano student walkouts, has died at age 79.
April 16, 2013
Faculty & Staff
NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers
Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.
April 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Criticizes Southern’s Treatment of Faculty
A national organization of university professors is criticizing the way Southern University faculty members were treated immediately after the school declared a financial emergency nearly two years ago.
April 4, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Admissions and ‘Admission’
It seems wholly appropriate that most colleges send out their judgment notices around Holy Week when borderline applicants might resort to prayer, or give new meaning to the notion of being “passed over.”
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Remembering a Giant of African Literature
Considered the father of modern African literature, acclaimed writer Chinua Achebe has died at age 82, leaving behind a body of work that scholars say will grow increasingly more influential over time.
March 24, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Oberlin Dean Named Next Kenyon College President
A dean at Oberlin College has been named the next president of Kenyon College.
March 18, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Oberlin Dean Named Next Kenyon College President
A dean at Oberlin College has been named the next president of Kenyon College.
March 18, 2013
Students
Latino Blueprint Offers New Ideas for Financial Aid Policy
A leading Hispanic education organization is seeking to shake up current thinking about federal policy with a collection of new ideas that would re-imagine student financial aid for college.
March 18, 2013
Latinx
Pricey Colleges, the High Cost of Nutella and Timberlake’s Vegan Shake
Is it just New York’s Columbia University or is the insatiable demand for this thing called Nutella spreading throughout the land?
March 17, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Labor Union Asks Wis. College To Stop Training
A labor union has accused Caterpillar Inc. of training nonunion workers as replacements in case next month’s labor negotiations stall.
March 14, 2013
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