As the 2020 presidential election finally gets underway, Trump’s attacks on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have already taken an ugly turn. It’s not enough to cast doubt on our election system but he’s starting a birther attack on…
The pandemic rages on while the economy, the pride of this president, continues its slow descent into unknown economic turmoil. Experts, and even non-experts, agree that all of this could have been avoided had our leaders exhibited the kind…
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Why top US universities have law schools but not police schools
May 1, 2018, 9:03 AM 0
By Nidia Bañuelos The Conversation In response to protests calling for police reform and accountability, some U.S. police departments are partnering with colleges and universities to develop anti-bias training for their employees. In Washington D.C., for example, officers will…
By Chuck Collins Inequality.org Estuardo Mazariegos understands the burden of paying for his education. He started college in 2006 and has attended on and off for financial reasons. Now in his last semester, he claims his annual tuition and fees…
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North Carolina Group Keeps Dreamers’ College Goals Alive
Jan 22, 2018, 7:57 AM 0
By Victoria Edwards Juvenile Justice Information Exchange SANFORD, North Carolina — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his mentorship program were invaluable to helping him understand the challenges he would face…
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Shocking Reasons Why 100,000 San Antonio Adults Haven’t Passed 9th Grade
Jan 4, 2018, 1:33 PM 0
By Eric Moreno Salud Today San Antonio is the nation’s seventh-largest city, a dynamic modern powerhouse steeped in Latino culture and history. Yet more than 100,000 adults here haven’t passed ninth grade. An in-depth article by Lily Casura of…
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5 ways the proposed PROSPER Act could impact student aid
Dec 12, 2017, 9:40 AM 0
By Dennis A. Kramer II & Christopher R. Marsicano The Conversation For the first time in nearly a decade, the United States Congress is about to take up legislation to upgrade the Higher Education Act – the federal law…
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College-educated Latinos Are More Likely to Report Discrimination
Dec 5, 2017, 8:45 AM 0
By Elaine Ayala Latino Ed Beat A new, large-scale survey on U.S. discrimination has found that more than three-quarters of Latinos believe there is discrimination against Latinos in the United States. And about a third say they’ve directly experienced some…
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Latino Group, U.S. Army Team Up to Promote STEM among High Schoolers
Sep 18, 2017, 9:41 AM 0
By Amanda Merck SaludAmerica! The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is no more diverse than it was 20 years ago. In fact, less than 2% of the STEM workforce is Latino youth, although they make up about…
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New legislation may make free speech on campus less free
Jun 28, 2017, 1:33 PM 0
By Neal H. Hutchens The Conversation Around the country, state lawmakers have been talking about – and legislating – ways intended to protect free speech on college campuses. The Wisconsin State Assembly, for example, recently passed a campus speech…
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5 Essential Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Pick a Career
Jun 14, 2017, 11:21 AM 0
By James Daniels LatinaLista What is the best career for me? This is a question you must answer at some point in your life. You could be straight out of college and looking for a job. Or, you may…
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More Latin Americans Studying Abroad in United States
Nov 30, 2015, 2:46 PM 0
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Nearly 1 million students studied abroad in the United States last school year — among them more Latin American students than ever before, according to a new study by the Institute of International Education. The…
El Tiempo Hispano The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced that five high school juniors and seniors from Delaware will be awarded eight-week paid summer internships at local nonprofits through the Bank of America Student Leaders program. Although the…
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Mexico’s organized crime targets higher education
Apr 22, 2015, 2:45 PM 0
Frontera NorteSur Thousands of students with dreams of higher education have had their educational careers seriously disrupted in the northeastern border region of Mexico. In the state of Tamaulipas, for instance, extortion and threats of violence attributed to the…
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Students with deferred-action status face obstacles in higher education
Dec 18, 2014, 1:37 PM 0
By Dylan Chesser El Nuevo Tennessean A woman stands before a crowd of fellow North Carolinians, prepared to deliver a speech on a topic of great importance to her. Carolina Siliceo Perez told how, as a college student, she…
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College professor honored for helping undocumented students
Oct 24, 2014, 9:11 AM 0
Amigos805.com CAMARILLO — Jose Alamillo, professor of Chicana/o Studies at CSU Channel Islands (CI), was honored for his work to help Latinos and undocumented students break barriers and excel in higher education. The Ventura County chapter of the Mexican…
By Victoria Rossi La Voz de Austin It was a familiar conversation, as routine as her family’s yearly drive from Texas to California and back again. Each October, Luz Hinojosa sat quietly by her parents as her teachers tried…
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Report: Latinos Need 5.5M More College Degrees by 2020 to Get U.S. Back on Top of Education
Oct 15, 2014, 2:44 PM 0
SaludToday! Latinos must earn an additional 5.5 million college degrees for America to regain world leadership in college degrees by 2020, according to a new report. The report, from Excelencia in Education and the United Negro College Fund, examines…
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Governor Signs Bill Enabling 15 California Community Colleges to Award Four-Year Degrees
Oct 8, 2014, 4:46 PM 0
La Prensa San Diego Governor Jerry Brown today signed into law a historic measure that for the first time enables a limited number of California community colleges to offer four-year degrees. Senate Bill (SB) 850, authored by State Senator…
By Star Hunter AmigosNAZ Higher tuition at NAU, CCC, cuts in programs at community college level pose challenges for first-generation students Immigration reform may lead in the headlines, but it’s not the top issue for Hispanics. According to Pew…
By Dulce Alfaro, Emmanuel Ferrer, Kelly Ou and Stefany Garcia Mission Local Some of them have only been in the country a few months, but students at the San Francisco International High School are already tackling difficult topics that…
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Murder spotlights cartel penetration at Mexico university
Apr 3, 2014, 7:11 AM 0
By Seth Robbins InSight Crime The execution-style murder of an employee at a public university in Mexico has shed light on the extortion of staff and students by the notorious Zetas cartel, indicating the group’s willingness to go to…
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CSUN Dreamers approved for first-ever resource center for undocumented students in California State University system
Mar 11, 2014, 8:50 AM 0
By John Saringo-Rodríguez El Nuevo Sol After nearly a year-and-a-half of tenacious meetings with the California State University, Northridge administration, CSUN’s undocumented immigrant advocacy coalition, Dreams To Be Heard (DTBH), have broken a barrier which will allow for the…
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A Georgia immigrant student’s compelling journey to post-secondary studies
Dec 17, 2013, 10:56 AM 0
By Elizabeth Vazquez-De la Peña La Voz Latina Andrea Huisa was born in Lima, Peru, as the firstborn of six children. Her loving parents, like most parents, always wanted the best for their eldest daughter. Thus, shortly after she…
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New report reveals college campuses continue pattern of inequality of educational opportunities with Latino and African American students
Aug 1, 2013, 5:20 PM 0
LatinaLista — Getting a college education, for many Latino and African American students and their families, has long been presumed to be the great ‘equalizer’ when it comes to righting the wrongs of disparities that exist in public education…
