Higher Education + Blogante Headlines Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

April 15, 2008

Did You Know? The University of California system admitted 12,432 students of Hispanic descent – that’s 1,717 or 16% more than last year

April 8, 2008

National Hispanic University debate team notches another big prize

April 7, 2008

New media trends turn to Spanish language

San Joaquin Delta College earns high marks for its programs that reach Latinos

Hispanic Student Association hosts Janitor Appreciation Day – University of Florida

Hispanics key to University of Missouri event – Cambio de Colores: Latinos in Missouri

April 2, 2008

Southern Methodist University appoints Cordelia Canrelaria as new dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

March 26, 2008

Armando Torres Morales, 75; UCLA scholar, activist on Latino issues

Did You Know? Bbetween 1972 and 1992, the percentage of Hispanic high school graduates who went to college climbed from 47 percent to 70 percent. However, the college completion rate fell. In 1975, 40 percent of all Hispanics who entered college completed their bachelor’s degrees. By 2004, the percentages had dropped to 34 percent for Hispanics.

More Minorities Go to College, but Many Don’t Graduate

March 24, 2008

Provost-pilot has high hopes for National Hispanic University

March 22, 2008

Venezuela Students Seeking to Create a New Society – Cato Institute hears three perspectives of the student movement

March 20, 2008

UMass study: Latino students improve on MCAS; dropout, absence rates high

Proportion Of Minorities Lower At UConn – Black, Hispanic Students Likelier To Attend Community Schools, Report Says

Southern Illinois University Carbondale student hopes Fernando Treviño stays to recognize Latin American and Hispanic voices – (after chancellor is put on administrative leave)

March 18, 2008

The University of Uncertainty – Virginia Children of Illegal Immigrants Lack In-State Status – (students – US Citizens – have to prove that parents are in this country legally – wtf!)

March 10, 2008

Book maps quality of life on the border

New major mixes Spanish, service at UCLA

Population Shift Sends Universities Scrambling – Applicant Pool Forecast To Shrink and Diversify

March 6, 2008

Bills control college future of illegal immigrants’ kids – Tennesse

March 5, 2008

Dearth of Latino faculty mirrors national trends – Yale University

February 28, 2008

Tough lessons from mean streets in Puerto Rico program

February 27, 2008

State’s economy needs more college-educated Latinos – California

San Jose State University students, legal and illegal, plan grass-roots voter registration campaign

February 26, 2008

University of Virginia Study Finds Hispanic Population Varied and Growing

February 25, 2008

Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies – Officials say UCLA’s innovative three-step course will increase the number of Spanish-speaking physicians for California’s underserved.

February 21, 2008

Club tries to keep Mexican folklore alive – Cal State Fullerton introduces a new organization on campus — Ballet Folklorico de CSUF.

February 20, 2008

Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility

Did You Know? Researchers found that Hispanic and black Americans were falling behind whites and Asians in earning college degrees, making it harder for them to enter the middle class or higher.

February 19, 2008

RIP Catalina Garcia – a Northern Illinois University student from Cicero, Illinois

February 18, 2008

The Spotlight Falls on Scholars of Hispanic Politics

February 14, 2008

After just one year, Arizona State University junked its scholarship program for illegal immigrants. Sarah Fenske wonders who will step up for them now

University of California-Berkeley study shows strong support for cross-border health insurance between the U.S. and Mexico

Texas A&M University-Kingsville President Rumaldo Juarez Resigns

Hispanic University President at Pennsylvania College Facing Increasing Pressure to Step Down – Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, president of Kutztown University

February 13, 2008

House votes to repeal in-state tuition for illegal immigrants – Utah

Study details California’s first statewide Latino service organization

February 11, 2008

San Jose State University, districts help Latinos prepare for college – 2,800 Latino students attend

February 7, 2008

Editor to join ASU faculty – Rick Rodriguez, x-editor of Sacramento Bee joins Arizona State University

February 6, 2008

U.S. threatens to sue over access to UT Brownsville campus for border fence – Regents to discuss issue today after campus president refused to allow surveys.

February 5, 2008

UC Berkeley music professor and renowned composer Jorge Liderman (Argentinian) committed suicide Sunday morning by jumping in front of a BART train

Series to screen film on slavery in Puerto Rico – El Cimarrón – University of North Carolina

February 4, 2008

The Arbiter Speaks Spanish – Boise State student newspaper

Study: Latina enrollment up in colleges

January 30, 2008

IU students co-sponsor the 2008 Indiana Latino Leadership Conference with Purdue

Repeal of immigrant’s tuition waiver clears first hurdle – Utah

January 28, 2008

Mexico’s black history explored

January 23, 2008

Texas A&M’s Borlaug Institute Helping Thousands of Guatemalan Farmers

January 17, 2008

Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club – Paola Oropeza

January 11, 2008

Governor Deval Patrick mulls new tack on immigrant tuition – Massachusetts

January 9, 2008

Relatives of Rich Rodriguez have been harassed and threatened in the three weeks since his resignation as West Virginia football coach.

January 8, 2008

Over 200 Arizona State University students couldn’t prove legal status – charged out-of-state tuition

University of North Carolina responds to growing hispanic population – (now 4% of undergrads)

January 3, 2008

Elsa Murano becomes first Hispanic to lead Texas A&M

December 13, 2007

Extending In-State Tuition to Undocumented Immigrants – North Carolina (policy analysis/research)

December 11, 2007

Dr. Elsa Murano tapped to be President of Nation’s 6th largest University

December 10, 2007

Hodges University to create Hispanic Institute to meet growing needs of area – Lee and Collier counties in Florida

Conference Calls for Latina Solidarity – Harvard

December 9, 2007

Texs A&M set to name first female and Hispanic president – Elsa Murano sole finalist for job vacated by Robert Gates.

December 6, 2007

Panel: Undocumented students should pay in-state tuition – Oregon

December 3, 2007

So what exactly does one do with a Chicano/Latino studies degree?

Empowering Women and Latinas in Modern Publishing: How the ‘South Beach Chicas’ Caught More than Their Men – Caridad Piñeiro

Local universities experience increase in Hispanic students – Northeastern Pennsylvania

November 30, 2007

Unlikely hero of Mexican Revolution – Chicago professor’s work has preserved and elevated country’s historical legacy – Friedrich Katz

North Carolina Governor Candidates Oppose Admissions Change for Immigrants

Georgetown Announces Launch of Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability – (Web-based academic journal on Latin America in Spanish)

November 28, 2007

The Immigrant University: Assessing the Dynamics of Race, Major and Socioeconomic Characteristics at the University of California

Mestizaje: Making our racial categories obsolete

November 27, 2007

Air Force Academy cadet first Puerto Rican Rhodes scholar

Lawyer: Community colleges must admit eligible illegal immigrants – North Carolina

November 26, 2007

University of Arizona Hispanic journalism students picked for NY Times workshop

November 15, 2007

Pomona State University Immigration Debate Sparks Protest – California

November 14, 2007

Latinos Pack Washington Hall for Summit – Event Draws Almost 500 Students to Centralia College – Washington State

November 13, 2007

Tapping Hispanic market, Puerto Rican universities branch out in Central Florida

November 11, 2007

Hofstra debate reflects Long Island torn on immigration

November 4, 2007

Education professor wins grant to promote math instruction in Spanish – University of Connecticut

November 1, 2007

New Numbers on Underrepresented Faculty Members

Improving Legal Access for Spanish Speakers – Law students at The University of Arizona

October 30, 2007

Latina journalist to speak on breaking stereotypes, sexism – Baylor University

October 28, 2007

Kids of illegal immigrants live in fear but pursue American dream

Professor, minority rights champion to leave UCSC – Paul Ortiz

October 25, 2007

Michigan State University to receive $2.3 million to help seasonal, migrant farm youths

October 24, 2007

Fresno State program for Hispanic students honored

October 23, 2007

Senators consider help for immigrants’ kids – Dream Act

Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence

October 22, 2007

$3 million grant will help Yakima Valley Community College expand Hispanic enrollment – Washinton

October 21, 2007

State of Latinos in legal education – Minnesota

October 16, 2007

Pasion por Peliculas: Film professor examines how Latinos are countering stereotypes in Hollywood cinema – Dr. Charles Ramírez Berg from the University of Texas

October 3, 2007

University of North Carolina Hispanic growth mirrors statewide rate

October 1, 2007

Claflin University receives $1 million grant to improve Hispanic literacy rates – South Carolina

September 27, 2007

Did You Know? There are 2.7 Hispanics inmates for every Latino in a college dorm

September 26, 2007

$17.2 Million Awarded in Grants to Help Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Fernandez helps West Side students reach new VISTAs by degrees – (a San Antonio pre-admissions program called “VISTA” which helps under-privileged Hispanic students apply and receive acceptance to college)

September 25, 2007

University of Iowa admissions, financial aid information now available in Spanish

September 23, 2007

Universities recruit Hispanics earlier, aggressively – in Tennessee

September 20, 2007

Mexican refugees straining budget: Windsor mayor – Canadian mayor say they are fleeing US crackdown

Measure Would Offer Legal Status to Illegal Immigrant Students – The Dream Act

Study: Computerized System Breaks Down Language Barrier To Treat Depression In Spanish-Speaking Populations – Dr. Gerardo Gonzalez, Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice President for Research, California State University, San Marcos

Alex Tejada connecting early for Razorbacks – Kicker for the University of Arkansas’ football team

September 19, 2007

Comic Puts Newspaper Editor On Hot Seat – Central Connecticut State University’s student paper

September 18, 2007

Latin fraternity hires attorneys – Madison, Wisconsin

Did You Know? Hispanic enrollment increased from 5,671 to 6,016 and now represents 22 percent of the student body at Texas State University-San Marcos

September 16, 2007

Chicano chair at SDSU brings fresh perspectives – Bill “Memo” Nericcio – San Diego State University

September 12, 2007

UM, Univisión still trying for GOP debate

University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Receives Major Federal Grant to Address Hispanic Health Issues

September 11, 2007

Did You Know? Purdue ranks second among best engineering schools for Hispanics

September 9, 2007

Did You Know? s many as 200 undocumented immigrants who graduated from Arizona high schools have received private scholarship money through Arizona State University to help pay for out-of-state tuition this semester.

August 28, 2007

Nonprofit teaches Hispanic students, parents about the road to college – Maryland

August 23, 2007

New Web site offers college information in Spanish – Virginia

Latino youth living dream

August 18, 2007

Hispanic college trend: staying close to home – A study found that Hispanic students are more likely to attend just a handful of schools that are in familiar areas.

August 2, 2007

Merced to use foto-novelas to lure Latino men to college

July 31, 2007

Did You Know? Among Latinos nationwide, 47% do not attend college, 23% go to a four-year school, 25% go to community college and 5% get some form of postsecondary education

College tour gives Latino students a wider world view – ‘This tour is the type of opportunity we came to this country for,’ says the mother of one teen taking the seven-college trip. – Los Angeles

July 30, 2007

Western Washington University admissions material now offered in Spanish