Hispanic Community May 2017 Premium

For Millennial Parents Supporting Little College Hopefuls Comes First

High school and college graduation season is just around the corner. It’s a season of joy and pride for graduates and their families – but more often than not, the achievement comes with a hefty price tag.

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Top 25 summer programs

Top 25 summer programs

Hispanic Community April 2017 Premium

Kaplan and Boys Girls Clubs of America Launch Camp

Kaplan Test Prep, a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC), has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to provide up to $125,000 in test prep scholarships.

Hispanic Community March 2017 Premium

Arkansas State University Revises Mexican Campus Contract

Arkansas State University is finalizing plans to open a campus in Mexico.

Hispanic Community February 2017 Premium

FROM A PLUNGE TO A SOARING FLIGHT The Remarkable Turnaround in Hispanic Enrollment and Success

Located in a bustling sector of far northwest Bexar County, Alamo Colleges District - Northwest Vista College (NVC) has always strived to reflect the city it serves—San Antonio, Texas.

Hispanic Community January 2017 Premium

MORE HEROES & LEGENDS RECOGNIZING NASA’S HISPANIC ASTRONAUTS

NASA Memorializes Its Past Greatness While Forging A New Space Frontier

Hispanic Community December 2016 Premium

DIVIDED AMERICA Minorities Missing in Many Legislatures

As Virginia’s only Latino state lawmaker, Alfonso Lopez made it his first order of business to push for a law granting in-state college tuition to immigrants living in the U.S. illegally since childhood.

Hispanic Community November 2016 Premium

EDUCATION MAJORS TAKE NOTE Don’t Lose Sight of the Importance of Self-Esteem

Author Sulma Arzu-Brown has penned a bilingual book entitled “BAD HAIR DOES NOT EXIST!/¡PELO MALO NO EXISTE!” that at first glance appears to be for kids. But make no mistake about it. While it might it look like a children’s book, its message is mature and adult.

Hispanic Community October 2016 Premium

Scholar Corner October 2016 by Sergio M. González

As a doctoral candidate based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying the history of Midwestern Latinos, the first question I typically hear from new colleagues when I describe my research interests is, “There are Latinos in Wisconsin?”

Hispanic Community October 2016 Premium

Hispanic Leaders and Role Models in Higher Education

Hispanic leaders and role models in higher education.

Hispanic Community September 2016 Premium

HACU Honors Excellence In Higher Education

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) established the HACU Hall of Champions to honor those who embody the mission of the Association through exemplary efforts “To Champion Hispanic Success in Higher Education.” They began this practice in 2011 with the induction of Antonio Rigual and have continued every year including in 2015 with the induction of Cruz Reynoso. Here are the honorees of HACU’s Hall of Champions.

Hispanic Community August 2016 Premium

Chronic Shortage of Spanish-speaking Doctors in US Results in Growing Demand for Multi-Lingual Health Professionals, Courtesy of Instituto Cervantes

According to Spain’s nonprofit organization Instituto Cervantes, the U.S. now has the world’s second-largest population of Spanish speakers behind only Mexico. With a growing number of Spanish-speaking patients, hospitals and health clinics are facing an immediate and chronic shortage of bilingual physicians -- a serious problem in a field where lives can depend on an accurate exchange of information between doctor and patient, and where the use of interpreters raises privacy concerns.