A report by the Economic Policy Institute still shows a gloomy outlook for recent college graduates: For young college graduates, the unemployment rate was 10.4 percent in 2010 and 9.4 percent over the last year, while the underemployment rate was 19.8 percent in 2010 and 19.1 percent over the last year. This is a slight…
The fact that Forbes and other outlets are writing yet another “importance of mentoring recent college graduates” piece illustrates that many organizations are doing it wrong or aren’t committed to it. What is so mind boggling is that many companies expect (or assume) that just because a person (a) makes it through the hiring process,…
Brandman University announced it is spinning off a subsidiary institution focused on Latino working adults. Ameritas College will offer associate and bachelor degrees, but more importantly, a curriculum designed to “crack the code” of helping Latinos get to graduation. Ameritas College joins National Hispanic University as one of two colleges that specifically target Latino college…
I’ve noted many times via this blog that Latinos, women, and other minorities use community colleges as a pathway to four-year institutions. Unfortunately, this report by the American Association of Community Colleges indicates the pipeline is still very “leaky:” More than half of U.S. Hispanic and Native American undergraduate students are enrolled in community colleges,…
Why are college grads not finding jobs? About 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor’s degree-holders under the age of 25 last year were jobless or underemployed, the highest share in at least 11 years. In 2000, the share was at a low of 41 percent, before the dot-com bust erased job gains for college…
Mariela Dabbah makes the point that many colleges and universities still don’t know how to increase Latino representation and graduation rates on their campuses. Many organizations, frankly, are clueless. Mariela explains: The roundabout answers my question received from the four panelists – all Human Resource and Diversity leaders at top private universities – propelled a…
Excelencia in Education answers the question. Check out the exec summary here.
This article describing the Latino college surge in California has received a lot of attention – partly because it also mirrors a national trend. It shows that early education support programs work, especially in helping Latinos through the educational pipeline. One student describes her success was one of expectation – not only from her parents…
Great piece via the Atlantic on how NOT going to college actually costs (society) more than going. Despite increasing tuition costs, some studies show that the cost of those not going to college is a drag on the overall economy and growth of the country. There have been a lot of arguments these days regarding…
Excelencia in Education once again continues to provide invaluable data on the status of Latinos in higher education with their latest report, Finding Your Workforce: The Top 25 Institutions Graduating Latinos, 2009-10. I had the pleasure of meeting Sarita Brown (photo) from Excelencia in Education last year at the LATISM ’11 Conference in Chicago and…
