LatinaLista — A study that was published in December 2012 has been slow in getting the recognition it deserves for what its authors discovered — the majority of low-income students who excel in high school don’t even bother to apply to the nation’s best colleges. THE MISSING “ONE-OFFS”: THE HIDDEN SUPPLY OF HIGH-ACHIEVING, LOW INCOME [...]
Latinos Lag as Tenured Faculty at Connecticut’s State Community Colleges and Universities
By Robert Cyr CTLatinoNews.com A review by CTLatinoNews.com into the number of tenured professors in the state’s four public universities, 12 community colleges, and the University of Connecticut has found that Latino professors don’t seem to be breaking through academia’s glass ceiling in significant numbers when it comes to attaining the coveted tenured faculty positions [...]
Friday round-up of headlines spotlighting undocumented students and how colleges are coping with the change
LatinaLista — Many college students across the country are beginning to settle into a routine for the new school year. For those at universities, the first football game of the season has been played which always signals that school has officially begun. For many undocumented students, this school year signifies a milestone in their lives. [...]
Rodolfo Acuña: Diversity. The illusion of inclusion
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is a presentation Prof. Acuña gave at California State University East Bay on May 16, 2012 at its Third Annual Diversity Day.) It is only the second time I have been to California State University East Bay, formerly California State University Hayward. I am not going [...]
New report finds colleges bear half of the blame for low Latino graduation rates
LatinaLista — A new report released today by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research titled Rising to the Challenge: Hispanic College Graduation Rates as a National Priority documented the fact that Latino students who don’t graduate from college don’t bear all the blame. The authors of the report found that those colleges and [...]
