Actions Offer Recent Graduates an Opportunity to Consolidate Loans and Reduce Interest Rates WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Obama Administration announced it is taking steps to increase college affordability by making it easier to manage student loan debt. The announcement is part of a series of executive actions to put Americans back to work and [...]
It doesn’t pay for teachers to teach Latino and black children — literally!
LatinaLista — It just doesn’t pay for teachers to teach Latino or black children — literally! A report issued last month from the Department of Education highlighted the fact that teachers at schools with more Latino and African American students were paid $2,500 less on average than teachers in the district as a whole. The [...]
Little known Florida ruling makes a mockery of American citizenship for certain young people
LatinaLista — Here’s a riddle: What do you call someone who was born in the United States to undocumented parents? The answer should be “American citizens.” Yet, in Florida, young people born in the Sunshine State of undocumented parents — and have the birth certificates to prove it — are treated by the Florida Department [...]
New site turns applying to college into a game
LatinaLista — Though it may seem that school just barely started, for many high school juniors and seniors it’s the time of year to start thinking about college. For low-income students, the idea of going to college can be overwhelming — for both students and their parents. That’s why the University of Southern California created [...]
Program “tutors” students to achieve their all in both business and school
LatinaLista – Students helping one another learn isn’t such a revolutionary idea. Yet, students helping one another learn while getting paid just might be an idea that helps reform education in ways no one imagined. Students Connecting matches student tutors with students who not only need help in a particular subject area — but even in [...]
New multicultural scholarship for women strives to increase diversity in medicine
LatinaLista — With the rising numbers of Latinos uninsured in this country and the growing list of challenging illnesses facing Latinos like: obesity, diabetes, heart disease, breast cancer, skin cancer, glaucoma, cervical cancer, etc., it makes for a disturbing picture when it’s realized that so few Latinos are in the healthcare profession. According to MinorityNurse, [...]
