Global July 2018

This Week’s Top 5 Trending Headlines In Education And Beyond

Every Friday Hispanic Outlook features the headlines that received the most views on our Facebook page in a special regular feature on our website. These headlines can include breaking news stories, as well as articles related to the field of education and/or the Hispanic community.

Global July 2018

This Week’s Top 5 Trending Headlines In Education And Beyond

Every Friday Hispanic Outlook features the headlines that received the most views on our Facebook page in a special regular feature on our website. These headlines can include breaking news stories, as well as articles related to the field of education and/or the Hispanic community.

Global July 2018

Purdue U Tracking Down 26K Student Applicants Amid Data Breach [Education News]

Purdue University is tracking down more than 26,000 prospective students to alert them that their names, birthdays, and Social Security numbers were inadvertently sent to the parent of one student applicant. Purdue Assistant Legal Counsel Trent Klingerman said Thursday that an employee with Purdue's Division of Financial Aid inadvertently sent one prospective student's parent a list of data on the applicants on May 17.

Financing July 2018

Tuition To Increase For In-State Students At 14 Pennsylvania Universities [Education News]

Tuition for in-state students at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities will rise by 3 percent. The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education on Thursday voted to approve the $224 increase for the 2018-19 school year. The system says tuition will rise from $7,492 to $7,716 for most full-time Pennsylvania residents, who account for nearly 90 percent of the system's students.

Financing July 2018

Boston Marathon Fundraising Raises $36.6 Million In 2018 Race [On A Positive Note Beyond Education]

Boston Marathon participants who ran on behalf of more than 260 non-profit organizations raised a total of $36.6 million for charity in the 122nd year of the historic race. The fundraising total represents a 7 percent increase, or $2.4 million, over 2017's results.

Global July 2018

Trump-Putin Ready for One-on-one Summit

Political and international issues and concerns are the backdrop for the Trump-Putin summit in Finland. President Donald Trump talks with a British interviewer about Brexit. Kushner's family firm may be facing lawsuits from residents of rent-stabilized apartments in New York. Muslim political candidates face anti-Muslim sentiment.

Financing July 2018

KU Scholarship Program To Help Underrepresented Engineers [Education News]

The University of Kansas School of Engineering has launched a new scholarship program that aims to increase the number of underrepresented students. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the KU Engineering, Science and Technology program is part of IHAWKE, the engineering school's organization for diversity and women's programs.

Global July 2018

Incoming Virginia Tech Class Most Diverse In School History [Education News]

The incoming freshman class at Virginia Tech will be the most diverse in the school's history. The Roanoke Times reports that 34 percent of the Blacksburg school's 6,400 first-year students are classified as either as first-generation, low-income or minority students. The school's goal is to reach 40 percent by 2022.

Hispanic Community July 2018

NY Sends 3rd Set Of Volunteers To Aid Puerto Rico Rebuilding [On A Positive Note In Education]

A third set of 100 New York college students and construction workers is headed to Puerto Rico to help rebuilding after Hurricane Maria's heavy blow to the island last year. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the volunteer deployment Sunday. It's the third since the start of June.

Global July 2018

University Alumna Creates Innovative Keyboarding Game For Elementary Students [Education News]

Slippery Rock University alumna and author Bobbi Jo Callis has created a typing game to help elementary students familiarize themselves with not only typing but also helps them learn valuable lessons. Callis has written a new book “Keyboard Kritters” designed to help kids type while teaching a positive lesson about acceptance before bad typing habits develop in later years.

Financing July 2018

South Carolina Lottery Earns $435 Million For Education Including Scholarships

The South Carolina lottery generated a record $435 million for education for the fiscal year that ended June 30. Most of the money raised by the lottery goes for merit-based, college scholarships. Some of the money also goes for K-12 education and to buy school buses and pay for other education programs.

Health Care July 2018

Trustees OK $1.7M For University Of Arkansas Medical Campus [Education News]

University of Arkansas trustees have approved a $1.7 million renovation at the school's medical campus in Fayetteville. Trustees on Monday unanimously approved the renovations to support classrooms and lab space for students in a new occupational therapy program, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The three-year, clinical doctorate program expects to enroll its first students in 2020, said Program Director Sherry Muir.

Global July 2018

Tulane U Study Shows High Levels Of Improvement In New Orleans Public Schools Post Katrina [Education News]

New Orleans public schools has seen exceptional gains in student achievement, graduation and college outcomes according to a new Tulane University study conducted by the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA- New Orleans). The study comes nine years post-Katrina and offers the first in-depth analysis of how school reform has affected the long-term outcomes for students.

Financing July 2018

Rutgers To Increase Tuition By 2.3 Percent [Education News]

Rutgers University has approved a tuition increase for the upcoming school year. The university's board of governors voted Wednesday to raise tuition and fees by 2.3 percent, or about $337. This increase means the average in-state undergraduate student at its New Brunswick campus will pay about $27,681 for the upcoming school year.

Financing July 2018

University Of New Mexico To Eliminate 4 Sports To Curb Spending [Education News]

Four University of New Mexico sports are facing the chopping block under a series of recommendations made late Wednesday by university president Garnett S. Stokes and athletic director Eddie Nuñez. The sports that face possible elimination are men’s soccer, men’s and women’s skiing, and beach volleyball.