Hispanic Community January 2011 Premium

15 Tips for Minority Students to Get Accepted into Ivy League and Elite Colleges by <b> Gary M. Stern</b>

Pam Proctor adds that elite colleges are looking for a three-legged stool: top SAT scores; high GPAs; and one attribute, skill or experience that sets a student apart from the others.

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Gary M. Stern

Hispanic Community June 2017 Premium

The USC Center for Urban Education: Using Data and Scorecards to Achieve Equity and Improve Graduation Rates by <b> Gary M. Stern</b>

"Students of color are more likely to engage with material when they see its relevance to their community and lives." Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, associate director for research and policy for the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California

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Gary M. Stern

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.

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Frank DiMaria

Hispanic Community January 2017 Premium

"Students Reach Higher” With Apps Designed to Put Them on a Career Path

"Students can use Hats and Ladders on their own, however, they’ll find greater value if they learn how to use it from a guidance counselor or a teacher. Hats and Ladders helps counselors and teachers restore the wide-eyed optimism students had as youngsters."

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Frank DiMaria

Hispanic Community March 2017 Premium

CHICAS PODEROSAS Empowering Women in Latin America’s News Industry by <b> Frank DiMaria</b>

"Chicas Poderosas is a very comfortable space for women to share their frustrations and the problems they are facing, such as bullying in newsrooms, the glass ceiling or problems with management." --Mariana Santos, co-founder and CEO of Unicorn Interactive

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Frank DiMaria

Hispanic Community February 2011 Premium

Difference or Disorder? Researchers Develop Tool to Identify Bilingual Children with True Language Disorders by <b> Erin Geisler</B>

According to the 2000 Census, nearly one-third of Texans ages 5 years and older speak Spanish at home. Add the under-5 population and the percentage is even higher. Due to continued immigration and globalism, the bilingual population will continue to grow in Texas.

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Erin Geisler

Hispanic Community January 2018

Tillerson Tells AP Cuba Still Risky; FBI Doubts Sonic Attack [Beyond Education]

The United States would be "putting people intentionally in harm's way" if it sent diplomats back to Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says in an Associated Press interview, even as a new FBI report casts doubt on the initial theory that Americans there have been hit by "sonic attacks."

Hispanic Community January 2018

Salvadorans Fear Their Country Not Prepared for Returnees [Beyond Education]

El Salvador is preparing to receive the nearly 200,000 Salvadorans who may have to return following the Trump administration's decision to lift their temporary protected status next year. Salvadorans who have stayed in the U.S. with temporary protected status would have to leave by Sept. 9, 2019, unless Congress comes up with a solution allowing them to stay.

Hispanic Community January 2018

The Latest: US to End Special Protections for Salvadorans [Beyond Education]

Officials say the Trump administration is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the country or face deportation. El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump. They have by far been the largest beneficiaries of the program, which provides humanitarian relief for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disasters or other strife.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Northwest Iowa Schools Face Spanish Teacher Shortage [Job News in Education]

The Iowa Department of Education and U.S. Department of Education annually compile lists of subjects with teacher shortages. In the 1990s, there was only one school year when Spanish teachers for grades 7-12 didn't make that list. Since then, when the national category was broadened to all foreign languages, there were only two years — 2013-14 and 2014-15 — when a shortage of foreign language teachers in Iowa was not found.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Homeland Chief: Wait and See on Citizenship for Immigrants [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration would consider immigration legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young people, the U.S. Homeland Security secretary said Tuesday, while emphasizing no decision on that issue has been made and a border wall remains the priority. Congress is considering three options, including citizenship or permanent legal status for people who were temporarily shielded from deportation, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in an interview.

Hispanic Community December 2017

Hispanic Outlook's José López-Isa Speaks at ALPFA Event

Hispanic Outlook's José López-Isa speaks at an Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) event.