Nontraditional Students: Time Isn’t Always on Their Side
by Jeff Simmons
The message was as clear as the title emblazoned on the cover of the report: Time Is the Enemy. For so many nontraditional students, time hasn’t always been on their side. What this ... click here

Keeping College Freshmen from Falling Through the Cracks
by Sylvia Mendoza
Charlene Collazo’s father had been a radio broadcaster in Cuba, but when he became a political prisoner, his dream of going back to school to study economics was shattered. When Collazo was later ... click here

Duncan Urging College Officials to Think More Creatively and Urgently About Reducing Student Debt
by Peggy Sands Orchowski
Public college tuition is up 8.3 percent for the 2011-12 academic year; private college tuition has increased 4.5 percent. Both figures far exceed the U.S.’s relatively low rate of ...

El Camino Real – 2,580 Miles of American History
by Rosie Carbo
Long before the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence and more than 150 years before 59 Texans signed a Declaration of Independence from Mexico, ...

Report Identifies 32 Schools that Help Low-Income and Minority Students Succeed
by Frank DiMaria
Each school year is a brand new chapter in the educational journey of an individual and therefore a time for optimism. However, for many low-income, minority and adult students, the odds ...

Pew and ACT Reports Show Gains for Latino Students – But More Needed
by Angela Provitera McGlynn
College-age Latino students are making progress in narrowing the college-enrollment gap. Historically, there has been a double-edged gap between White students and Latinos. ...

How to Help Undergraduate Students Think About Graduate School: Interviewing Their Way Up the Five Levels of Learning
by Cristina González
Over the last few decades, there has been quite a bit of discussion about how to encourage undergraduates to attend graduate school. This is particularly important in the ...

Smithsonian in the 21st Century: A Haven for High School Hispanics
by Mary Ann Cooper
Times have changed and museums like the Smithsonian have changed with them. It’s not enough to be a brick-and-mortar monument to the past unless it can be seen as ...

Targeting Higher Education: Money Realities and College Costs (online only)
by Gustavo A. Mellander
When candidate Bill Clinton challenged George H. W. Bush for president in 1992, he was a long shot. President Bush was very popular in early 1992. He had conducted a ... click here

U.S. Ed Secretary Tackles Long-Term Issue – More Academic Time in American Schools (online only)
by Peggy Sands Orchowski
It is a perennial national education issue that comes up year after year. The first press conference of every new secretary of education for the past 10 years has inevitably ... click here

As College Costs Keep Rising, Criticisms and Questions Mount (online only)
by Marilyn Gilroy
The sticker price for a college education keeps rising and that trend shows no signs of slowing down. Despite talk about tuition freezes and widespread concerns about the debt burden of ... click here

Hispanics on the Move... click here

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