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Gary M. Stern

Gary Stern, a contributing writer for HO  has written hundreds of articles that have appeared in such leading publications as The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, USA Weekend, Crain's New York Business, Electronic Business, and Tennis. 

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Arts and Media June 2018 Premium

Millions Invested in Diversifying Museum Leadership Program

Museums selected for the program reflect a wide geographic base and include five each from each major geographic area: the Northeast, the South, the Midwest and the West. It also encompasses six small museums with budgets under $5 million, seven mid-sized museums with budgets from $5 million to $15 million and seven large museums with budgets greater than $15 million.

Hispanic Community April 2018 Premium

Improving Spanish-speaking Teachers

Texas Woman’s University Introduces a Bilingual Program A federal grant at Texas Woman’s University (TWU) is helping bilingual and in-service teachers become better educators by improving their bilingual skills.   The program, which launched in 2016, is called PIONERAS, the Spanish word for “pioneer.” In 2017, 24 graduate students and 42 undergraduates who are all bilingual and in-service teachers participated in it.

Legal January 2011 Premium

Labor Secretary Hilda Solís: Past and Present by <b> Gary M. Stern</b>

Atthe Hunter College graduation ceremony in New York in spring 2009, Hilda L. Solís, who spent four terms as a California congresswoman, gave the keynote speech. She related an incident that happened to her in high school in La Puente, Calif. At open school night, her guidance counselor told her mom that “Your daughter is not college material.

Administration April 2011 Premium

U. of California-Riverside Devises a Successful Latino Graduation Strategy by <b> Gary M. Stern</b>

The University of California (UC)-Riverside, a large institution with 20,746 undergraduates that is 35 percent Latino, takes graduating Hispanics very seriously. It relies on several success strategies, including first-year learning communities, creating Hispanic academic programs, developing an early-warning academic alert, and using data to retain and graduate larger number of Latino students than the norm.

Administration May 2011 Premium

TCU’s Recruitment Strategies Yielding More Hispanic Students – and Retaining Them by <b> Gary M. Stern</b>

In the fall of 1999, administrators at Texas Christian University (TCU), located in Fort Worth, Texas, met to devise a strategy to attract more African-American and Latino students. At that time, only 5 percent of its students were Latino; and 4 percent, African-American. After initiating a task force, TCU stepped up its efforts to diversify its campus.