Hispanic Community October 2024 Riverland Community College: A Beacon of Opportunity and Growth in Southeastern Minnesota Riverland Community College, founded in 1996, plays a vital role in southeastern Minnesota’s workforce development and education. With campuses in Austin, Albert Lea, and Owatonna, it offers diverse programs and was recognized as an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in 2024. The college is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting all students, especially its growing Hispanic population. by Kenneth A. Reid
Administration August 2025 Premium New Leaders in Education August 2025 At H.O. we congratulate new education leaders that have embarked on the challenging but very rewarding journey of education leadership.
Hispanic Community August 2025 Premium One Language, Many Voices: Examples of Cultural Diversity in the Spanish Language Although a language fulfills the essential function of communicating and improving understanding between parties, that is not its only role. Language is a cultural expression that reflects a way of feeling, thinking, living, and conceiving the world. For this reason, a single language can display as many variations as the settings in which it is used, geographical, social, and contextual—such as formal or informal registers, age, or education level. Because of this complexity, it is challenging to universalize concepts on the use of language.
Arts and Media August 2025 Premium School Library August 2025 This month featuring books on Leading with Latinidad from Amazon and on Latin America Power and Policy from Princeton University Press.
Hispanic Community December 2024 Premium Year In Review 2024 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. by Adriana Alcántara & Alejandra Suarez
Administration December 2024 Premium Did you know?: 2024 Year in Review Willingness to understand others is a sublime virtue that unites us.
Hispanic Community December 2024 Premium Dr. Marta Cronin: Leading with a Sense of Responsibility to Future Latina College Presidents 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. by Frank DiMaria
Hispanic Community January 2016 PREMIUM New UC Center Serves a Most Vulnerable Student Population: A New Trend In Higher Education? by Kevin R. Johnson 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.
Global January 2016 PREMIUM The Electoral Process and the Future of Higher Education in the US, by Dr. Priscilla Gac-Artigas 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.
Legal December 2015 PREMIUM The University of Houston Law School Launches Two Innovative Legal Programs, by Gary M. Stern 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.”
Legal December 2015 PREMIUM Hispanic Gains Despite Law School Enrollment Drop, by Michelle Adam 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.
Legal December 2015 PREMIUM Dean Leads Graduate College of Social Work Toward Achieving Social Justice, by Sylvia Mendoza Dr. Alan Dettlaff knew he wanted to work with children as long as he could remember. He contemplated majoring in education and then special education but knew deep down they were not the right choice. He left his home in Chicago and came to Texas for a change of pace. One night, he watched a reporter on the news who went on a ride-along with a case worker for Child Protective Services. Her story struck a chord, and he knew the path he needed to take.
Hispanic Community December 2015 PREMIUM Pedro Rivera Bringing A New Perspective To Pennsylvania Education, by <b>Frank DiMaria</b> Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education, is a humble, down to earth individual. So humble, in fact, that when Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf nominated him to be the commonwealth’s Acting Education Secretary back in January, his response was, “Are you sure?” by Frank DiMaria
