Higher Education + Research Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 18, 2009
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies announces the publication of the first fieldwork-based study of the impacts of the U.S. economic crisis on Mexican migration to the United States
November 7, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
October 28, 2009
University of Illinois at Chicago sociologists have received a $420,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how local communities respond to the issue of immigration.
Washington State University Doctoral Researcher Documents Skills of Latino Child Care Providers
October 15, 2009
Hispanics Increasingly Leaving Established U.S. Gateway Communities – new research by the University of New Hampshire
October 7, 2009
Latinos have scant access to higher education, Pew Hispanic survey finds
September 24, 2009
Hodges University is gathering statistics about Hispanic residents of Lee and Collier counties. – The report aggregates data mined from federal census activities. It’s the precursor to the university’s Hispanic Institute “moving toward filling in the gaps, by doing our own research,” said Aysegul Timur, professor in business administration.
August 24, 2009
Study: Immigration judge as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens
August 17, 2009
New study shows that white men get a lot more tips about job opportunities in upper management than Hispanics
July 13, 2009
Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress — fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources. – study from UCLA
December 22, 2008
The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies, just published by Harvard University Press, is a scholarly attempt to focus on one fast-growing ethnic group. The authors are Patricia Gándara, professor of education at the University of California at Los Angeles, and Frances Contreras, professor of education at the University of Washington. The book primarily deals with elementary and secondary education, but a major chapter focuses on higher education.
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
October 17, 2008
Income gap between whites, Latinos has grown at universities – Advancing in Higher Education: A Portrait Of Latina/o College Freshmen At Four Year Institutions, 1975–2006
A Portrait of Latina/o College Freshmen at Four-Year Institutions, 1975-2006 :: Official Research Brief (pdf)
September 3, 2008
Professor Shows Relationship Between Lower Wages and Poor English is Larger than Previously Shown – Arthur H. Goldsmith, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics at W&L, has co-authored an article on “Measuring the Wage Costs of Limited English”
August 10, 2008
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country.
July 29, 2008
Penn State Lehigh Valley and the Latino Economic Council of the Lehigh Valley have launched a study to document the Hispanic contribution to the local economy.
Many African-American and Latino Families in Danger of Falling Out of Middle Class, According To New Report – 80% of Latino middle-class families are on shaky financial ground
June 19, 2008
Successful Practices at 12 Top-Ranked Hispanic-Serving Institutions Provide Lessons On What U.S. Colleges and Universities Can Do To Bolster Results for Latino Students
June 18, 2008
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
May 28, 2008
The State of Spanish Language Media for 2007 – from The Center for Spanish Language Media
May 27, 2008
State Aid to Immigrants Lags, University of Oregon Study Says
May 22, 2008
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
University of Arizona Researcher’s Study of Hispanic Youth Becomes New Book – A UA associate professor spent years observing and interviewing Hispanic youth to understand the role education, culture, work and family affect future opportunities. – Sueños Americanos, Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities by Julio Cammarota
May 21, 2008
“New Center to Study Immigrant Integration” – Mayor Villaraigosa attends a conference featuring the announcement by USC College and the School of Policy, Planning and Develop
May 14, 2008
UAMS Study: More Hispanics in Arkansas Population in 12 Years
April 28, 2008
New study builds on old one to track Mexican American progress – After finding questionnaires from a 1965 survey in a UCLA basement, two professors followed up with about 700 of the participants and their children. The news is good and bad.
April 10, 2008
Pazmino Concludes Journey Into Ecuadorian Politics – University of Tampa
March 26, 2008
More Minorities Go to College, but Many Don’t Graduate
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
March 10, 2008
Book maps quality of life on the border
February 28, 2008
Tough lessons from mean streets in Puerto Rico program
February 26, 2008
University of Virginia Study Finds Hispanic Population Varied and Growing
January 7, 2008
Taylor University to host Latinos Count Conference – Indiana
December 13, 2007
Extending In-State Tuition to Undocumented Immigrants – North Carolina (policy analysis/research)
December 10, 2007
Cancer Center Study: Hispanic Women More Prone to Aggressive Breast Cancer | UANews
Hodges University to create Hispanic Institute to meet growing needs of area – Lee and Collier counties in Florida
November 30, 2007
Georgetown Announces Launch of Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability – (Web-based academic journal on Latin America in Spanish)
November 13, 2007
Study to Determine Economic Impact of Immigrants – Nebraska
September 20, 2007
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
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.
June 12, 2007
U of M professor to bike 8,500 miles across North America to study attitudes and perceptions of modern immigration
Survey Finds Dramatic Discrepancy Between Desire of Hispanic Students to Pursue Higher Education Opportunities and Enrollment Numbers
March 22, 2007
Hispanic-media research becoming more available – Texas State University
March 21, 2007
Two University of Florida professors receive $450,000 grant to study Atlanta immigration
February 22, 2007
Latino Research Center hosts first “La Bienvenida” event – University of Nevada, Reno
February 12, 2007
Barriers to college for Mexican-Americans
November 29, 2006
E-Expectations Survey Examines Hispanic Students’ Communications Preferences
