Huffington Post has just launched LatinoVoices which promises to “provide an authentic Hispanic-American perspective on current events and cultural trends.” They’ve included a great piece on Latino college student perspectives and experiences in their inaugural offering. The Editor for HuffPost LatinoVoices is Miguel Ferrer who I had the pleasure of meeting last year. I’ve already…
Among many of the challenges faced by Latino college students whose parents are undocumented is access to financial aid. In order to obtain any kind of financial support, most of these students depend on private sources (work, loans, etc.) or scholarships. Such is the case in this story of “Sergio” (not his real name). Not…
I penned a guest blog post on LATISM for Education Wednesday. It seems that my academic journey is still on-going – as it should be for everyone! Lifelong learning is the key to future. Update: Leslie Berestein Rojas adds some context to my post. The timing of it was not planned. :…
I just added a ‘Podcast Page’ to my blog. I’ve been honored to have some wonderful guests who have provided insights on a variety of subjects related to Latino leadership, the workforce, and education. I enjoy producing these podcasts and will get back to doing them soon. They can be time consuming since much of…
Leslie Berestein Rojas interviews Dr. Jody Agius Vallejo regarding the Latino middle class. Excellent insights regarding how traditional socio-economic factors alone cannot explain the rise (and fall) of the Latino middle class. Dr. Vallejo also makes the case for passing comprehensive immigration reform and the Dream Act. … we need comprehensive immigration reform that includes…
I was playing around a bit this morning with the BLS Report generator. Out of curiosity, I wanted to know what the Latino ‘employed’ growth rate has been over the last ten years (16 years and older, all education levels, male & female, numbers in 000s). Extraordinary given the economic issues of the last four or…
Welcome to my new home! If you’ve arrived here via Hispanic Talent Memo, I appreciate you coming along. As I noted in my last post over at HTM, I’ve been trying to streamline my “online footprint” for the last couple months. Anyway, the results are a new domain name and new site. The content remains the same. All my HTM posts…
I heard an interesting story this morning on NPR regarding economists that attempt to predict economic performance (job creation, unemployment, economic growth) for a given month. As a whole, these economists are referred to as “the consensus” and their impact on markets can be significant. Organizations base much of their activities on what “the consensus”…
Educational opportunity for every resident of the United States is one of the cornerstones of our society. Nearly thirty years ago, the Supreme Court acknowledged as such by securing access to primary and secondary education to all U.S. residents regardless of their immigration status. In Plyer v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled that undocumented children…
