Why Colleges in Appalachia Are Recruiting Latinos
Why Colleges in Appalachia Are Recruiting Latinos
*An interesting statistic in this piece, kinda geeky. But, six of the 10 states with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the country are in the Appalachian South. We’re everywhere. VL […]
Four-Year College Found to Give Completion Edge to Low-Income Students
*Two-year community college has become the gateway for Latinos to higher education, and this study finds that for lower income students (read here Latinos) four year institutions increase bachelor degree […]
Latinos rise in higher education
*The fact that more Latinos are entering and staying in college could be the result of systemic and generational changes in attitudes towards higher education in the Latino community. That, […]
Being a Latino student in the Heart of Dixie
By Vvictor Cuicahua, The Crimson White When I was 6 years old, I came to Alabama, a state that has struggled to ac-cept its identity and the setting in which […]
Latinos with Academic Credentials Stretched Thin with Many Projects
By Reginald Stuart, Diverse Issues in Higher Education When Lorena Oropeza earned her Ph.D. in history from Cornell University and landed a job as an assistant professor of history at […]
LOS ANGELES: A South Central kid at Cal
By Sam Quiñones, Reporter’s Blog Here’s a great story in the LAT by Kurt Streeter on the huge obstacles a kid from South Central — a valedictorian — faced at […]
Community Colleges Overwhelmed By Rising Latino Student Population
By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras More and more Latinos are going to college. A recent study from the Pew Hispanic Center shows that, for the first time, Latinos have surpassed whites in […]
