Based on this report by NBER, Matty Yglesias nails why even smart kids coming from low-income households are “screwed” by the college admissions process: The problem really does seem to quite literally be that most low-income kids and their families are not well-informed about the situation. They don’t know personally what kind of SAT or…
This report by MyEdu.com highlights the non-linear path taken by many college students today. A lack of student support, overburdened administrators, and poor academic advising at many universities leave many new students feeling lost and on their own. From a Latino perspective, this non-traditional path, before and during college, is not new. Most Latino college…
Discussing this recent study, Derek Thompson at the Atlantic considers why low income, high achieving students don’t go to college: If we want students from disadvantaged areas to attend good colleges and obtain modern skills, we should be thinking about ways to entice them, not scare them with blaring headlines: “SIX FIGURES IN DEBT AND…
Interesting talk by Colin Powell regarding how students need structure to learn. I would agree, given that I have two kids and I work from home. When I talk about structure, I don’t mean rigidity. My kids have a lot of leverage in managing their structure and environment. It’s an important skill to develop. In…
We’re facing another “cliff” as a country. This one is not “fiscal” but educational. According to this Gallup blog post, we’re losing the engagement battle with students. Why? Too much “teaching to the test” and fewer avenues to get students through the educational pipeline. For Latinos, the drop-off is even steeper due to other social…
I missed posting during most of Hispanic Heritage Month but….why celebrate only one month, right? Anyway, a couple good reads. The first via Diversity Inc. with lots of Hispanic data candy and articles related to Latinos. The second via National Journal introduces a new term, for me at least, for those teens or young adults…
A few good reads regarding the workforce and higher education. There’s a lot of change occurring in education and the workforce. It seems to me we’re watching, almost in real time, how the “great recession” is impacting the future of the workforce and higher education. First, the gender gap in higher education – while women…
Good article via Bloomberg regarding the increase of Latino PhDs over the last decade: Hispanics with doctorates jumped 161 percent from 1990 to 2010, almost double the non-Hispanic rate of 90 percent, according to U.S. Census data. There are programs around the country that are making this happen. Kudos to them. While this is a…
Lucy Flores was elected to the Nevada Assembly in November of 2010 and is up for re-election this year. She sat for and passed the Nevada Bar Exam during her first term in the Nevada State Assembly. Lucy describes herself as “one of the lucky ones” – one of the lucky Latinas that are not…
