Friends and readers: Unfortunately, due to an unexpected medical emergency last week, HTM posts will be a bit slow. I’m currently in the hospital recovering and should be home later this week with lots of R/R expected. As time permits, I will update you on why, what, and how of my situation. I look forward…
I was recently on the Northern Kentucky University campus to spend time with the Office of Latino Student Affairs. As a reminder, they’re hosting the first annual Educating Latinos for Kentucky’s Future (ELKF) Conference this Thursday and Friday at the NKU campus. I’ll be there sharing some tweets and blog posts during the event. I also had the…
It was a busy weekend (getting a stomach bug also didn’t help) so I was a bit behind getting to some of the links I found interesting over the last day or so. By the way, don’t you just LOVE paella? Enjoy! Recruiting Hispanic College Students – In Espanol A big shout out to Bryn Mawr…
I’ve had this on-going love/hate relationship with Internet Explorer. Like many others, I use IE because it’s just the de-facto internet browser used by PC users. Lately, I’ve just had it with using IE. I always seem to have to deal with loads of pop-ups, security issues, patches, and the occasional virus – always when…
Hispanics have a long history of U.S. military service. The number of Hispanics having earned the Congressional Medal of Honor has been a source of pride and distinction for the Hispanic community. In fact, the first Hispanic CMOH recipient was given to a corporal during the Civil War in the Battle of Gettysburg. According to…
Excelencia in Education continues its tremendous work with a study regarding emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions – or HSIs. If you’re not familiar with the term, HSIs are colleges or universities where total Hispanic enrollment constitutes a minimum of 25% of the total enrollment. According to Hispanic Association of Universities and Colleges (HACU) one of every two Hispanic…
What’s the future hold for college recruiting? Kevin Wheeler provides a great list of 40 factors that he sees in the future. While most of Kevin’s great list is linked to incorporating online technologies, I think there is also an opportunity in the college recruiting industry to change the paradigm in another way. This includes…
The reality of the economic times makes phrases like “cautiously optimistic” a real good thing. So say several CSOs around the country about MBA hiring via Business Week. At the same time, there are a number of signs that the MBA job market could improve, albeit slightly, in the coming months and a growing sense…
Over the last few months there have been more and more articles like the one in the WSJ today asking — really, what is a college degree worth? Enough with this tired and ridiculous argument – yes, it’s worth it. Go get yourself one. Update: Someone agrees with me — but much more eloquently! : )
Louis Pagan over at Latino Rebranded shares an excellent post regarding the Hispanic Cyber Study put out by AOL. The statistics are eye opening and again can be applied to employers looking to leverage information on Hispanics, particularly Hispanic college students, and their online activities. A key observation: They spend over 24 hours online per week, half…
