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Section: Demographics > Latinx
Latinx
Immigration Reform Next for Obama Cabinet
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took a page from their personal histories in making an economic argument for why immigration reform should be the next domestic agenda item for President Barack Obama’s administration.
December 17, 2009
African-American
Dispelling HIV/AIDS Myths in Black Community
Claudia Pryor’s documentary explores the attitudes and awareness among Black youth in Pittsburgh about HIV/AIDS that will be the basis of a new curricula to dispel the myths surrounding Blacks with the disease
December 13, 2009
Latinx
Study Says Toddlers Born to Latina Immigrants Lag Behind Whites in Basic-language Skills
Children born to immigrant Latinas are generally born healthy, but tend to lag behind other groups as toddlers.
December 3, 2009
African-American
HBCUs Step Up to the HIV Challenge
Impact of HIV on Blacks compels historically Black colleges and universities to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.
November 30, 2009
Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Answering the Call
Impact of HIV on Blacks compels HBCUs to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.
November 25, 2009
Faculty & Staff
National Faculty Group Convened at Atlanta HBCUs Urged to Help Determine U.S. Education Priorities
Faculty members from more than 50 U.S. colleges and universities gathered in Atlanta for the Faculty Resource Network’s annual national symposium, which was held this year at three neighboring historically Black campuses.
November 24, 2009
Faculty & Staff
National Faculty Group Convened at Atlanta HBCUs Urged to Help Determine U.S. Education Priorities
Faculty members from more than 50 U.S. colleges and universities gathered in Atlanta for the Faculty Resource Network’s annual national symposium, which was held this year at three neighboring historically Black campuses.
November 24, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Some Lawmakers Send Few Minorities to U.S. Academies
An Associated Press review of U.S. military academy nominations say congressional representatives from districts populated heavily by minorities nominated the fewest number of students to attend the nation’s military schools.
November 22, 2009
Latinx
Mass. Immigrant Tuition Bill to Get New Push
The failure of Massachusetts, a left-leaning state that was the first to legalize gay marriage and the only so far to require health insurance for all its residents, to pass a bill allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students is a source of frustration for advocates.
November 15, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Obama Restores Asian American Initiative
Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
November 11, 2009
Students
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Tribal Nations Conference
Duncan addresses reasons why students struggle and proposes ways to help Native American students, starting at the preschool level.
November 10, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Publishing in Peril
Recent state budget cuts in education leave some university publishers pinched.
November 9, 2009
Latinx
Minority Lawmakers: No Census Citizenship Question
A coalition of Black, Latino and Asian lawmakers oppose a proposal that would require next year’s census forms to ask about the status of a person’s citizenship.
October 25, 2009
Students
Family, Education Struggles Motivate Immigration Reform Activism
Latino students, including Georgetown University freshman Alma Huerta, are seeking to revive national immigration reform debate.
October 13, 2009
Latinx
Berklee College of Music Reaches Out to Latin America
The Boston-based Berklee College of Music aims to be a dominant force in music education in Spanish-speaking countries.
October 12, 2009
Latinx
Exploring U.S. Latino Diversity on CNN’s ‘Latino in America’
Following the Washington preview of “Latino in America,” scholars and activists say CNN made a positive effort at capturing the wide diversity of U.S. Latino identity and culture in documentary series.
October 12, 2009
Latinx
Sotomayor Ushers In New Era for Latinas in Legal Profession
Today’s start to the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench represents for many female Hispanic lawyers and aspiring lawyers a new era regarding their place in the legal profession.
October 4, 2009
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE: An Ally and Partner
White House Hispanic education leader seeks to build links to educators, improve visibility of HSIs with federal agencies.
September 30, 2009
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