Higher Education + Eye Openers Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 19, 2009
The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.
November 18, 2009
Massachusetts immigrant tuition bill to get new push
November 16, 2009
Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
November 10, 2009
Undocumented students mobilize to win legal status
November 7, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
November 5, 2009
A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.
November 2, 2009
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
October 2, 2009
Latino Faculty Want to End ‘Brown Out’ at Cal State Long Beach
September 28, 2009
Protests at University of California Campuses
September 22, 2009
UTB-TSC has received nearly $500,000 in federal dollars to extend postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for Hispanic students, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi announced Monday.
September 21, 2009
Illegal immigrants will have the opportunity to enroll in community colleges across the state starting next year. – On Friday, the North Carolina Board of Community Colleges approved a measure that will allow undocumented immigrants who have graduated from a U.S. high school to register for classes after April 1, 2010.
September 17, 2009
Members of the Chicano/Latino Studies program will converge at noon today outside College of Social Science Dean Marietta Baba’s office to address concerns about students’ treatment by the program’s faculty members and administration. – Michigan State University
August 3, 2009
A small group of Texas Tech University faculty members is objecting to the school’s hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the grounds that he demonstrated ethical failings while in office.
July 31, 2009
Hispanic enrollment at colleges and universities in Texas would need to almost double by 2015 to meet the state’s higher education goals – Poverty, lack of health insurance, other social ills complicate the challenge.
July 21, 2009
Santa Ana backs bill to help illegal-immigrant students – The city passes a symbolic resolution urging Congress to give undocumented students a path to legal residency.
July 8, 2009
Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political science.
June 25, 2009
Hispanics could make up as much as 30 percent of the student body at Tulsa Community College this year, the result of an effort to increase the college’s outreach to underserved populations.
June 23, 2009
Quartet of Latina professors at Cal State San Bernardino file grievance – Maria Balderrama, Nena Torrez, Barbara Flores & Lynne Diaz-Rico
June 19, 2009
Dream Act Advocates Hold Graduation Ceremony on Capitol Hill
March 6, 2009
The University of Illinois at Chicago says it’s closing a medical clinic geared for low-income women in a mostly Mexican neighborhood. But a community group is fighting to keep the facility open.
December 18, 2008
Why Hispanic Media Ignores College Soccer
December 15, 2008
México y Cuba relanzarán sus relaciones educativas con la firma de un acuerdo de intercambio de becarios y la negociación de un acuerdo general que analizará entre otros la homologación de títulos.
December 10, 2008
California’s Latinos and blacks still lag in university eligibility – New report finds that the groups are doing better on meeting application requirements for UC and CSU but still trail whites and Asians.
December 6, 2008
An Oklahoma state task force looking at the status of Hispanic students in higher education may expire next year because some in the first-ever Republican-controlled Legislature frown on a group that has “lightning-rod-type words” such as Hispanic or multicultural, the task force chairman said Friday.
Sólo 20 policías vigilarán a 18,000 universitarios – Mexico
December 5, 2008
Texas Institutions Along Border Lead State, Nation In Latino Enrollment and Degree Completion – Thirty Percent of Degrees and Certificates Earned by Latinos in Texas Awarded by Community Colleges and Universities on U.S./Mexico Border
November 25, 2008
The future of the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services (LARES) program remains uncertain due to the possibility of a university-wide rescission, according to a State Legislature proposal. – University of Illinois
November 21, 2008
Guest Voz: Latino educators implore Hispanic Scholarship Fund to stop discriminating – Jose Lara co-chair of the Association of Raza Educators
November 12, 2008
La Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) obtuvo 15 millones de dólares de fondos federales de Estados Unidos para investigar la alta prevalencia de diabetes y asma entre la población de la isla.
September 17, 2008
MEChA has changed over past 40 years – Latino student group chapter working from inside – Oxnard College
September 16, 2008
Arkansas’ colleges and universities can admit illegal immigrants, the Arkansas attorney general’s office says.
August 28, 2008
Examining the Academic Success of Latino Students in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Majors
August 17, 2008
A Mexican university has banned miniskirts and other “provocative clothing” – Autonomous University of Sinaloa
North Carolina’s community colleges will remain closed to illegal immigrants, at least until officials can review how other states handle the issue.
August 7, 2008
Another California Community Colleges board member steps down – Randal Hernandez withdrawals his application for reappointment. He is the fourth to leave in the year since the panel angered Republican lawmakers by supporting illegal immigration legislation.
August 6, 2008
University of Arizona Doctors to Study Internet-based Treatment for Depression in Hispanics
July 21, 2008
A Silent Crisis: The Underrepresentation of Latinos in STEM Careers
June 30, 2008
Border fence would cut through Texas university
June 25, 2008
The University of Alabama at Birmingham recruiting Hispanic students to educate more Spanish-speaking health professionals
June 18, 2008
Arizona State University researchers find Latinos willing to pay for local public services
An attempt to rewrite state law to permanently bar illegal immigrants from state community colleges appears headed for failure. – North Carolina
Most Hispanic students say college too costly – Indiana
June 11, 2008
Children in non-English-speaking households experience multiple health disparities, researcher concludes – Dr. Glenn Flores
June 4, 2008
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men – UCLA
June 3, 2008
Gov Beebe: Students with flagged Social Security numbers probably not illegal – Arkansas
Hundreds march in support of DREAM Act – Las Vegas
May 27, 2008
State Aid to Immigrants Lags, University of Oregon Study Says
May 22, 2008
Tuition aid to illegal immigrants falters – Massachusetts’ Gov Patrick declines to act on behalf of graduates
The Wanderer: A distinguished speaker…of Spanglish – Ilan Stavans, a prolific author and professor at Amherst College
The Education Trust’s Web-based tool that compares the graduation rates of different student groups within American four-year colleges and universities is updated with new data
May 15, 2008
Illegal immigrant ban a first – State’s move has shaken up the academic world – North Carolina’s community colleges ban on illegal immigrants
May 13, 2008
North Carolina Community Colleges Will No Longer Admit Illegal Immigrants
May 5, 2008
McHenry County College swears in 1st all-Hispanic student executive board – Illinois
April 24, 2008
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Joins with Leading University in Mexico to Establish Groundbreaking, Bilingual Law Program
April 7, 2008
New media trends turn to Spanish language
March 22, 2008
Venezuela Students Seeking to Create a New Society – Cato Institute hears three perspectives of the student movement
March 20, 2008
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 6, 2008
Bills control college future of illegal immigrants’ kids – Tennesse
March 5, 2008
Dearth of Latino faculty mirrors national trends – Yale University
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
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
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
January 30, 2008
Repeal of immigrant’s tuition waiver clears first hurdle – Utah
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 8, 2008
University of North Carolina responds to growing hispanic population – (now 4% of undergrads)
December 10, 2007
Conference Calls for Latina Solidarity – Harvard
December 3, 2007
Empowering Women and Latinas in Modern Publishing: How the ‘South Beach Chicas’ Caught More than Their Men – Caridad Piñeiro
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
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
Hispanic student recruitment program draws criticism from professor – Cal State Fullerton
November 11, 2007
Hofstra debate reflects Long Island torn on immigration
November 1, 2007
New Numbers on Underrepresented Faculty Members
October 28, 2007
Kids of illegal immigrants live in fear but pursue American dream
October 17, 2007
Salisbury University president pulls Facebook profile after criticism
