Photo by Ashwin Vaswani on Unsplash Pope Francis inspired global climate action through his encyclicals, advocacy for Indigenous rights, and moral leadership. His legacy connects faith with environmental justice, influencing political summits, grassroots activism, and the Catholic Church’s commitment to ecological and social responsibility.
Photo courtesy of Azul Azul, a Latina-led ocean justice organization, empowers Latino communities through advocacy, leadership, culture, and policy to protect the ocean. By centering people and justice, Azul transforms conservation into a movement rooted in identity, equity, and collective action for change.
At H.O. we congratulate new education leaders that have embarked on the challenging but very rewarding journey of education leadership.
As we look back on 2024, we have the opportunity to reflect on areas of progress and examine the lessons that can be learned from the challenges that appeared.
Willingness to understand others is a sublime virtue that unites us.
Marta Cronin, the first Latina president of Delaware County Community College, leverages her personal journey and leadership to inspire students, promote diversity, expand dual enrollment, and address industry needs through innovative programs and strategic community partnerships.
If you’re a talented Latino or minority student, and NASA’s space program has always fascinated you, there are ways to gain internships and scholarships at NASA and forge careers there. In fact, NASA is dedicated to attracting a wide range of talented minority candidates whose interests align with NASA’s mission and goals.
Carlos Montero begins his chemistry class with a question like, “What do you think is going to happen if you put a piece of iron metal in a solution of copper chloride?” His high school students ponder the answer. Some try out a hypothesis. Others stay quiet. Montero and his students then test the situation. He asks students to explain the results of the test. They get into groups, sometimes drawing out answers on their portable white boards. A discussion ensues.
Over the last year, the University of California has been constructing a form of student services never before seen in higher education. In building the University of California Undocumented Legal Services Center, UC is demonstrating how it truly can be on the cutting edge in serving students and the greater community.
Recently in the White House Rose Garden--a place traditionally used by presidents to meet the press, receive distinguished visitors and make public policy announcements--Vice President Joe Biden announced to the Nation that he would not run for president. Nevertheless, his speech was a presidential speech with substantive content. One of the issues he addressed that struck us the most was his proposal for free higher education as a mechanism for reducing the enormous and growing social inequality in the country while ensuring economic growth. Vice President Biden thus highlighted the need to reform an unfair educational system, a system that deepens inequities by denying the students from disadvantaged sectors the opportunity to pursue a college degree.
David Dow, a distinguished professor at the University of Houston Law Center and founder of the Texas Innocence Network, which represents death-sentenced inmates, is spear-heading two new programs: one involving mentoring at-risk middle school students and the other focuses on sealing juvenile offenders’ records. Though each of these programs is run separately, Dow, a Houston, Texas, native and Yale Law School graduate, said “At some point we intend to fold the three different programs into one corporate umbrella.”
Law School enrollment has seen a consistent decline since 2010 when the nation experienced an all time high in the number of students attending. According to the American Bar Association, enrollment has dropped for four consecutive years since 2010 with a seven percent drop from 2013 to 2014 and an 18.5 percent decrease in enrollment from 2010 to today.
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