Full-Time Med Faculty Not Keeping Up With Diversity In Society

Full-Time Med Faculty Not Keeping Up With Diversity In Society

Mary Mata December 5, 2011

According to a recent study published by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the diversity of full-time medical school faculty has not kept pace with students or society. The data […]

Study: Minority Students Perform Better With Minority Teachers

Mary Mata October 14, 2011

A recent study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that the performance gap between minority and white college students falls by almost half when they are […]

Steve Murdock: Educating Latinos Vital To Future Of U.S.

Mary Mata September 26, 2011

By Zach Gonzalez Austin, Texas — With a great presentation of the United States population change and immigration, renown demographer Steve H. Murdock had the opportunity to end the Texas […]

Minorities Receive Less Financial Aid Than Whites

Mary Mata September 20, 2011

Contrary to the ever-present myth that minority students receive more financial aid than their white counterparts, a new study has proven the opposite. In a policy analysis, The Distribution of Grants and Scholarships […]

Places Not To Drive With A Confederate Texas License Plate

Mary Mata September 5, 2011

By Cindy Casares The Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans recently petitioned the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a license plate featuring the Confederate flag. An April vote by […]

Latinas Benefit Big From New Insurance Guidelines

Mary Mata August 2, 2011

By Maria Elena Pérez, Interim Executive Director National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Latinas by far disproportionately benefit in every area of the new Department of Health and Human Services […]

Austin Police Already Have A Problem With Racial Profiling

Mary Mata July 22, 2011

By Hannah Carney It’s no secret that the heated debate over immigration during the recent legislative session deepened the divide between minority communities and the Anglo establishment over the role […]

Lack Of Minority Med Students Will Hurt Underserved Groups

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

As the nation begins to put in place the procedures for implementing the recently passed health care overhaul legislation, as recent studies show, minority communities may once again be underserved. […]

How Many Is “Too Many” Latino Elected Officials?

Mary Mata June 27, 2011

By Dr. Henry Flores, Ph.D. The reason we can’t get anything done in the Texas state legislature is that there are too many Latinos elected to that “august body.” So […]

Half Of Male Grads of Color End Up In Jail, Jobless Or Dead

Mary Mata June 23, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a release from The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center.] Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high […]