Latinos Need To Go Past Bachelor’s Degrees To Graduate School

Latinos Need To Go Past Bachelor’s Degrees To Graduate School

Mary Mata August 17, 2011

By studying at the undergraduate level, and then pursuing a graduate degree, Latinos may gain influence in the highest levels of our society. Every year I work to create opportunities to […]

Latino Students Scoring Higher On ACT Test

Mary Mata

Standardized tests have been a thorn in my side for most of my life — I simply am not a good test taker — but it’s not just me. If […]

Fighting for the DREAM At The State Level

Mary Mata August 16, 2011

By Matias Ramos, otherwords.org When a group of undocumented young people took the stage at an immigration reform rally outside the White House in late July, they had a catchy chant: “Hey, […]

El Camino For Latinos Into STEM

Mary Mata August 3, 2011

By Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez One in five children in the U.S. today is Latino. If we are to survive in this increasingly globalized world, we’ll need all the science, technology, […]

Being An Unstable, 30ish, Single Latina

Mary Mata August 1, 2011

I’m single, I’m almost 30, I’m unstable and currently in the middle of moving from Texas where all my family is, to LA, where I have a few family members […]

California Gov Signs DREAM Act

Mary Mata July 26, 2011

California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation yesterday that would allow undocumented students to receive privately funded financial aid in California. This is one half of a “DREAM Act” bill that […]

Half Of Male Grads of Color End Up In Jail, Jobless Or Dead

Mary Mata June 23, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a release from The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center.] Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high […]

Latino Grads Suffered More During Recession

Mary Mata June 13, 2011

Latino college graduates suffered much more than their white counterparts when the economy began a downturn over the past few years, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center. […]

News Taco To Go: Latinos, College, Georgia & Gays

Mary Mata June 8, 2011

The Top 10 Latino Ethnic Groups In The US Less Than 6 Million Latino Adults Have A College Degree Civil Rights Groups Take Georgia Immigration Law To Court Anti-Gay Latino […]

Less Than 6 Million Latino Adults Have A College Degree

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Recently I was perusing Census data to determine, exactly, how many Latinos in this country have college degrees. Given that Latinos are a fast growing portion of the U.S. population, […]