The University of Alabama at Birmingham recruiting Hispanic students to educate more Spanish-speaking health professionals

Posted on: June 25th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Health ] [ Higher Education ] [ Eye Openers ] [ Alabama ]
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“When Jose Fernandez gets the list of UAB’s prospective Hispanic students, he gets on the phone to their parents.

Fernandez, a professor who helped start a mentoring group for Hispanic students, said the students are more likely to come to the school if he can reassure mothers and fathers that their child will not be alone there. “*

*From: http://www.al.com
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