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
Hispanic Community March 2026 Premium Did you know? Sor Juana’s Fearless Words A leading intellectual voice of the seventeenth century, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz defended women’s right to knowledge and justice. In A los hombres, she criticizes the hypocrisy and double standards with which society judges women.
Administration March 2026 Premium New Leaders in Education March 2026 At H.O. we congratulate new education leaders that have embarked on the challenging but very rewarding journey of education leadership.
Arts and Media March 2026 School Library March 2026 This month featuring books on Latina Strength from Amazon and on Latina Legacies from the University of Texas 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
Technology February 2011 PREMIUM Staying Connected: Increasingly a Must for succeeding these days by <b> Frank DiMaria</b> Atone time, the telephone was considered a luxury. But as more and more people and businesses adopted this “new” technology, it became necessary to own one and stay connected to the masses.How could one exist in the 20th century without a phone? by Frank DiMaria
Financing April 2011 PREMIUM GAO Finds Fraud, Deception and Questionable Marketing Tactics at For-Profits by <b> Frank DiMaria</b> “We identified four colleges where representatives encouraged our undercover students to commit fraud on their federal financial aid applications, and deceptive or otherwise questionable practices at all 15 colleges related to sales and marketing.” --Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, GAO by Frank DiMaria
Technology April 2011 PREMIUM A New Textbook Publishing Model for the Internet Age by <b> Frank DiMaria</b> “The biggest barrier to learning on scale is access to information. If we don’t solve that problem, then on scale we are never going to educate the number of people who want to be educated and who are not only capable of excelling but in many ways need that education to improve their quality of life.” --Eric Frank, Co-Founder, Flat World Knowledge by Frank DiMaria
Hispanic Community February 2015 PREMIUM Diversity Initiatives Multifaceted and Productive at UT-Austin by <b> Frank DiMaria</b> When students returned to the University of Texas (UT)- Austin last fall they found that, for the first time in the school’s history, fewer than half of the fall semester’s first time freshmen were White students. The number of first-time freshmen who identified their ethnicity/ race as “White” on admissions information totaled 47.6 percent. by Frank DiMaria
Technology August 2016 PREMIUM Putting Volunteer Skills to Work at Harvard by <b> Frank DiMaria</b> “My goal as a kid trying to live up to the assumed expectations of my parents was that I wanted to make it to Harvard to make mom proud and to be at the best school.” -- Arturo J. Real by Frank DiMaria
Health Care July 2016 PREMIUM Battling Childhood Obesity in Hispanics, Still by <b> Frank DiMaria</b> In June of 2005, Hispanic Outlook reported on the health of the children living in Rio Grande City, a border town in Starr County, Texas, one of the poorest counties in the U.S. Most of the children living there were Mexican American, and at the time, their rates of obesity were among some of the highest in the nation. by Frank DiMaria
