What Are You Doing With Your Education?
What Are You Doing With Your Education?
By Ray Salazar, Gozamos My students are sometimes surprised when they hear it took my five years to get through undergrad. “Aren’t you supposed to graduate in four?” they’ll ask. […]
Why Higher Education Needs the Hispanic Community to Succeed
By Matthew Lynch, Ed. D., Huffington Post Latino Voices The face of higher education is rapidly evolving as more middle- to low-class young people find ways to obtain a college […]
Focus Needed on Increasing Latinos in Higher Ed
By Latinovations Deborah Santiago, Co-Founder and Vice President for Policy Research at Excelencia in Education, is saying that there needs to be a greater focus to get more Latinos involved with […]
University Of AZ Announces PhD In Mexican American Studies
The University of Arizona in Tucson has announced a doctoral program in Mexican American Studies — only the third of its kind in the country. The University will begin accepting […]
Bien Hecho: SACNAS, Helping Latinos Achieve In Science
In 1975 less than 1% of doctoral degrees in science were awarded to Latinos and Native Americans combined in the U.S. Today that number has crept up to around 7%, […]
Eva Longoria Writes About Latina Entrepreneurs
Eva Longoria started her career as a model and actress, but over the past few years she’s become a notable Latino philanthropist and recently said she would be writing her […]
Latino Grads Suffered More During Recession
Latino college graduates suffered much more than their white counterparts when the economy began a downturn over the past few years, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center. […]
Less Than 6 Million Latino Adults Have A College Degree
Recently I was perusing Census data to determine, exactly, how many Latinos in this country have college degrees. Given that Latinos are a fast growing portion of the U.S. population, […]
Texas Groups Promote Education For Latino Kids
A few different groups in Texas have selected today, May 20, as a day where statewide attention will be paid to the future — students — and in Texas that […]
If Latino Students Fail, The U.S. Will Fail
We all know that education is the key to our future, yet, as Latino students increasingly make up a majority of students in our nation’s school districts, these institutions are […]