A new report released by the National Association for College Admissions Counseling, Putting the College Admission ‘Arms Race’ In Context,” provides some excellent data on college admissions, particularly amongst Latinos and other minorities. The Washington Post has a good write up on it here. Some of the findings related to Latinos are: Hispanic-serving institutions had…
A generous resource provided by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and Ogilvy & Mather which sponsored the Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference earlier this month. Review the conference schedule and download many of the excellent presentations provided at the conference. A special thanks to Tanya Odom for sharing this great resource with me! Enjoy!
NPR is awesome – despite some of the political rhetoric aimed at them recently. Here are two excellent pieces featured over the last week. First, a story regarding minority faculty and how some colleges in MA. are attempting to improve their representation. Money quote from the interview which resonated with me: “When I got my Ph.D. (at Tulane University),…
The Ronald McDonald House Charities’ (RMHC)/HACER College Scholarship is now accepting applications from Latino high school seniors. A great opportunity for Latino students looking for that all important school financing. Since 1985, RMHC/HACER has awarded more than $20 million in scholarships to nearly 14,000 Hispanic students in the U.S., becoming one of the nation’s largest programs…
The politics of passing the Dream Act has often been a frustrating and divisive issue. A recent study conducted by North American Integration and Development Center at UCLA try to cut through the political rhetoric and put a dollar number to the benefits of passing the legislation. According to the study, “…2.1 million undocumented immigrants would become…
Craving Latino rock music this morning, I came across AltLatino via NPR. The website is an incredible resource for Latino music – but it’s also much more. I spent a couple hours this morning listening to a few podcasts and listening to a different wave of Latino music. I was fascinated by the cross-cultural aspects of…
I’ve written a couple times on the issue how Latino college students pay for their college education (here and here). Here’s a just released report by the Center for Urban Education entitled ”Tapping HSI-STEM Funds to Improve Latina and Latino Access to STEM Professions” which provides additional evidence that Latino success is partially dependent to…
A lot of discussion in the Latino social media world regarding a recent PEW study on Latinos and national leadership. Interestingly, the study found that 64% of Latinos couldn’t identify a leader on a “national level. PEW does a good job of identifying relevant cultural factors for this number; the fact that Latinos not being…
Just a bit of a reality check when it comes to U.S. educational performance as compared to other countries. You can find the story at Education Next.
If you want a good example of the kind of stuff Latino college students are doing on campus visit La Voz Latina at the University of Maryland. Great sight filled with a lot of good information and perspective about the Latino college experience. The site serves as a multi-media platform discussing not only Latino college-related…
