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May 2018 Issue

Financing Education Issue

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In this issue of Hispanic Outlook we:

• explore the The Funding Paradox In Today’s Higher Education

• learn about the Excelsior Scholarship and how free tuition does not equal free college the COSMOS

• honor a FirstGen Center that provides support to first-generation students, as well as Hispanic-Serving Institutions

• contrast the past and the present of financing a college education

• talk about our uncensored round-up of what’s happening in Washington

• discuss how the AAHHE is creating spaces that affirm, support and develop Latina/o scholars in higher education

• examine how for many Venezuelans the U.S. went from a temporary stop to a new home

• peruse the works of author Carmen Lomas Garza, as well as titles from Johns Hopkins University Press

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The Funding Paradox In Today’s Higher Education <b> by William Ruiz-Morales </b>

Last year, for the first time, 28 states in the U.S. reported that more than 50 percent of the funds of higher education institutions were generated from tuition and not from state or local funds.1 Also, even when state support has been increasing since the recession in 2008, this year’s growth was only 1.6 percent, the lowest in the past five years. These statistics among others are evidence of a tendency to withdraw taxpayers’ funds from universities especially public ones. The institutions that are more impacted are generally the ones more in need of those funds. The cuts in state funding tend to affect mainly public universities due to smaller endowments than private institutions.

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William Ruiz Morales

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Firstgen Center Provides First-generation Students Support Financially and Beyond <b> by Frank DiMaria </b>

When freshmen step onto a college campus for the first time, they bring a wide range of emotions, from excitement to apprehension. First-generation college students are no exception. But in addition to their range of emotions, first-generation students bring a stigma that’s difficult to shake. The FirstGen Center at Notre Dame College in Euclid, Ohio, offers a support system and strategies to rid them of that stigma.

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Frank DiMaria

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Us Was a Temporary Stop For Many Venezuelans Now It’s Home

Written by Gisela Salomon, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Helene Villalonga decided she had to get out of Venezuela for a while when two men, one brandishing a gun, showed up at her party rental business and told her to stop working for local politicians opposed to then-President Hugo Chavez.

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Free Tuition Doesn’t Mean Free College Students Point Out - 2018

Editor’s Note: Last year, Hispanic Outlook reported on the then fledgling Excelsior Scholarship and its potential impact on students pursuing higher education in New York State. As part of our coverage, we ran a story courtesy of the Associate Press about how the program covering tuition fees does not equal zero costs when it comes to college. Now, with the Excelsior Scholarship solidly integrated into the academic landscape of New York State, it is time to revisit these concerns as part of Book Marks, our throw back feature that demonstrates how predictive some of our past features have been in forecasting upcoming trends and issues in education.

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Hispanic Serving Institutions May 2018 Issue

According to the U.S. Department of Education, “a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is defined as an institution of higher education that—(A) is an eligible institution; and (B) has an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students at the end of the award year immediately preceding the date of application.” While this definition nicely sums up the requirements a school must meet to become an HSI, being an HSI and truly serving the Hispanic community goes beyond statistics. And so we here at Hispanic Outlook are running an ongoing article series highlighting those schools that have achieved HSI status and how they are truly Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

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School Library May 2018 Issue

Born in Kingsville, Texas, Carmen Lomas Garza has found great inspiration in her family. It was in large part because of her parents’ activism with the American G.I. Forum that Garza joined the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. As an artist and author, her books reflect her life growing up and her culture and heritage. And so we at Hispanic Outlook are pleased to feature Garza’s works for this month’s school library. Book summaries, teacher’s guides, book discussion and activity guide, and sample book pages are all courtesy of Lee & Low Books. In addition, supplemental materials for “MAGIC WINDOWS/VENTANAS MÁGICAS” were created by Lindsay Harris and Haley Rugger with Dr. Jamie Campbell Naidoo, as well as provided by the University of Alabama School of Library and Informational Studies.

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