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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.

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.

Hispanic Community January 2026

Did you know? 2026 Calendar of Events in the U.S. and Latin America

As the year gets underway, Hispanic Outlook brings readers a calendar highlighting national holidays and key electoral, cultural, and international events scheduled for 2026 in Latin America.

Hispanic Community December 2025 Premium

Holy Words: Spanish Expressions Born from Religion

In earlier editions, we explored several idioms linked to faith and spirituality, such as those highlighted in our article “Idioms and Expressions Related to Hope and Faith, Religion”. In this edition, we continue that journey.

Hispanic Community March 2011 Premium

Young Latino Realities by Gustavo A. Mellander

There is something perverse in human nature that glories in and feasts on disaster, lingers on negativity. We focus on sensational news, not good news. The more bizarre, the better. Most of us are guilty. Even if we only glance fleetingly at tabloids at supermarkets, our eyes do indeed drift over.

Gustavo A. Mellander

Hispanic Community April 2011 Premium

Graduate School Realities and College Evolution of Latinas in the U.S. by Gustavo A. Mellander

This issue of HO is dedicated to graduate education. That level of specialized education used to be the domain of the highly intelligent and privileged in our society. Sometimes being privileged, financially secure, was more important than academic superiority. The Ph.D. has long been the pinnacle of graduate education. We also value the university evolution of Latinas.

Gustavo A. Mellander

Hispanic Community October 2016 Premium

A New Goal for a New Year by Gustavo A. Mellander

A new academic year has begun. And although nobody knows for sure, the actual number of Hispanics enrolled at our colleges will be, I predict, another bumper crop.

Gustavo A. Mellander

Hispanic Community December 2016 Premium

Graduate Degrees and Jobs by Gustavo A. Mellander

More Hispanic students are pursuing graduate studies. Some graduate degrees lead to enhanced employment opportunities at significantly higher salaries; some don’t. I report on both.

Gustavo A. Mellander

Hispanic Community July 2017 Premium

Hispanic Household Income Hsis and Bad Loans by Gustavo A. Mellander

There is some good news about Hispanic reality in this country and some lingering bad news. So I begin.

Gustavo A. Mellander

Hispanic Community January 2011 Premium

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

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.

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 Gary M. Stern

"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

Gary M. Stern

Hispanic Community February 2015 Premium

Diversity Initiatives Multifaceted and Productive at UT-Austin by Frank DiMaria

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.

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."

Frank DiMaria

Hispanic Community March 2017 Premium

CHICAS PODEROSAS Empowering Women in Latin America’s News Industry by Frank DiMaria

"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

Frank DiMaria

Hispanic Community February 2011 Premium

Difference or Disorder? Researchers Develop Tool to Identify Bilingual Children with True Language Disorders by Erin Geisler

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.

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."

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