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Insider’s Guide for Incoming Latino College Students
By Christine Killion and Samantha Madera, Al Día News You made it. You’ve struggled through twelve or more years of furious concentrating, reading until your eyes were sore, and scribbling until […]
Study shows low-income families receive less college scholarships-what families can do
By Kelly Carrion, NBCLatino A new study, “How America Pays for College,” conducted by Sallie Mae, found that students from wealthier families are more likely to receive larger scholarship awards than low-income families. […]
Latinos Hardest Hit By Community College Class Shortages
By Kyla Calvert, Fronteras Limited community college capacity could keep 2.5 million Californians out of the system over the next 10 years. The seat shortage is expected to fall hardest on […]
Penn State Admin’s Open Letter Re: Mexican Costume Flap
By Latino Rebels The following is an open letter published by Penn State’s administration on the university’s official site in response to the Chi Omega Mexican costume controversy: An open letter to the […]
Penn State Sorority Investigated for Racist Costume Photos
By Latino Rebels Looks like Halloween 2012 was the year of sorority sisters dressing up in racist Mexican costumes with sombreros, sarapes, mustaches, black shoe polish, and signs that say […]
Record Numbers of High School and College Graduates in 2012
By Hope Gillette, Voxxi The decline in educational attainment feared by many experts seems to be myth. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center, record numbers of young […]
For High Schoolers Considering Science Majors In College
By Yessenia Gutierrez, Being Latino As we’ve recently pointed out, Latinos are making enormous headway in educational attainment, but we still lag behind non-Hispanic whites. While there are certainly institutional […]
Poll: Latinos Say Religious Colleges and Hospitals Should Cover Contraception
PRESS RELEASE Washington, D.C. — While Hispanic Americans are divided over whether the right of religious liberty is being threatened in America today, Hispanic Americans overall (64 percent), including Hispanic Catholics […]
Crushing College Dreams
By Marc Morial, Other Words As graduation season swings into high gear, a new economic crisis confronts thousands of this year’s high school and college grads — crushing college student […]
Alabama Immigration Law’s Cost: $11 Billion
A new study from researcher Samuel Addy from the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at The University of Alabama found that Alabama’s immigration […]