Global August 2018

Top 4 Featured Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

The following are the top four featured job openings available on The Hispanic Outlook On Education’s job board. All jobs that are listed on Hispanic Outlook’s job board include full descriptions, as well as information about where and how to apply.

Financing August 2018

Illinois To Offer New Merit-Based College Scholarships

Illinois is taking a new approach to encourage high school students to attend in-state universities and colleges. By creating a new merit-based scholarship specifically for high school graduates, the state hopes to improve undergraduate enrollment at public universities, which fell more than 8 percent between 2011 and 2016.

Global August 2018

Top 4 Latest Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

The following are the top four latest job openings available on The Hispanic Outlook On Education’s job board. All jobs that are listed on Hispanic Outlook’s job board include full descriptions, as well as information about where and how to apply.

Global August 2018

University Of Utah Reassigns Grad Assistant Over Gun Policy

The University of Utah has reassigned a graduate assistant who was teaching a class at the school because of statements she made about bringing a concealed carry gun to class. The grad assistant stated that it “is absurd, antisocial, and frightening behavior,” and that if any of her students brought a concealed carry gun to class, she would force them to stand in a “3x3 taped square.”

Global August 2018

Job News: Oklahoma Approves Record Number Of Emergency Teachers

The Oklahoma Board of Education approved 916 emergency certificates for non-traditionally trained teachers. This increases the total number of approved certificates to 2,153 for the 2018-19 school year. The state’s superintendent of public instruction has said that Oklahoma is "now experiencing the full weight" of the teacher shortage.

Financing August 2018

Entrepreneurs' $4M Fund Offers Scholarships To Students

Wisconsin and Minnesota students have a new scholarship opportunity. Wisconsin entrepreneurs Marty Ryan and Richard Sterbenz have set up a $4 million fund, which will allow scholarships to be awarded annually to about 100 students. Those eligible include students attending a two- or four-year college.

Financing August 2018

Endowed Scholarship At Wesleyan For Land Institute Founder

Alumni from Kansas Wesleyan University have established the Conservation Endowed Scholarship. Created to honor the founder of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson, the scholarship will be awarded each year to a biology student at Kansas Wesleyan University that is in good academic standing.

Financing August 2018

Bill Gates Directs Education Funding To Poor US Schools

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the first round of nearly $100 million to help middle and high schools in 13 states. This first round will benefit a specific 19 program initiatives, and Gates has also pledged $460 million over the next five years to fund programs to help low-income and minority students get into college.

Global August 2018

Rhode Island Bans Guns On School Grounds, Except With Police

A new directive is barring all guns from schools in Rhode Island with the exception of those carried by law enforcement personnel. Prior to this directive, individuals with concealed-carry permits could bring guns into schools, and the rules regarding guns also varied between school districts.

Global August 2018

Top 4 Latest Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Georgia State University, Texas A&M University Libraries and University of Toledo respectively have the following jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s job board: Assistant or Associate Professor levels in Operations Management, Faculty Positions, Associate Dean and Director of Medical Sciences Library, and Vice President For Enrollment Management.

Global August 2018

This Week’s Top 4 Featured Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

This week's featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook's job board are: Dean, School of Business and Economics at Indiana University East; Dean, Soules College of Business at the University of Texas at Tyler; Dean, College of Population Heath at the University of New Mexico; and Professor, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University.

Global September 2018

Top 3 Latest San Diego State U Jobs On The Hispanic Outlook Job Board

This week, Hispanic Outlook’s job board is featuring three tenure-track positions at the assistant level at San Diego State University. The jobs are all faculty positions in the following areas: biomedical sensors and nanotechnology, automation and control in manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing.

Global September 2018

Massacre Commission To Discuss Campus Police, Mental Illness

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission is slated to discuss the changes to the state’s mental health laws and the role of campus police officers. In addition, it will be discussing the response of Deputy Scot Peterson the day of the school shooting. The commission is scheduled to make recommendations on Wednesday.

Technology September 2018

A&M-SA Joins Facebook Cyber Security University Program

Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-SA) has become the latest and the first university in Texas to join the Facebook Cyber Security University Program. The program provides students with an enhanced curriculum, mentorship opportunities, project development and hands-on training in combating simulated cyber-attacks.

Hispanic Community September 2018

50 Years After Student Massacre, Mexico Students Strike

Students at Mexico's National Autonomous University in Mexico City, Mexico's largest university, went on strike today. Students were demanding an end to violence by groups of thugs. These groups often register but don't attend classes, and on Monday, thugs attacked protesters from a university-affiliated high school who were demonstrating for free speech and against fees.