Tag: Hispanics/Latino: Page 14

Faculty & Staff

900 Jackson State Students Getting iPads

Nine hundred Jackson State University students are taking part in a program in which they will receive iPads for school work.

September 4, 2012

Students

Lumina Foundation Launches Latino College Completion Initiative

The Lumina Foundation is giving organizations and colleges that are building a pipeline of Latino students and promoting college completion a boost with a four-year, $600,000 grant for each institution.

November 7, 2011

Latinx

Study: Hispanic-Serving Colleges Continue Steady Increase

The number of Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, nationwide has increased by 24 percent since 2004 and could grow by another 40 percent if “emerging” HSIs in 18 states and Puerto Rico continue to grow, a new study says.

September 1, 2011

African-American

Tulsa Remembered

During the events surrounding the John Hope Franklin Park groundbreaking in November 2008, the late Dr. Franklin, in one of his last public interviews, talks about his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the newly dedicated park, and his long held hope for racial harmony in the U.S. (video courtesy of the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation.)

September 1, 2011

Latinx

Report: California Latinos Falling Behind in College Completion

A study released this week suggests that Hispanics, the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group, may be falling behind educationally in California, the nation’s most populous state.

August 10, 2011

Latinx

Births, Not New immigrants, Push U.S. Latino Growth

With immigration slowing, babies born in the U.S. rather than newly arrived Mexican immigrants are now driving most of the fast growth in the Latino population.

July 21, 2011

Latinx

More Hispanic Students Finishing High School

The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and don’t have an equivalent degree was 22 percent in 2008, down from 34 percent in 1998.

June 12, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

Latinos, Asians Fuel Calif.’s Population Growth

In the period from 2000 to 2010, the state’s Latino population grew by 28 percent, to 14 million in the nation’s most populous state, while Asian numbers grew by 31 percent, to 4.8 million.

March 10, 2011

Latinx

Obama Signs Hispanic Education Executive Order

President Obama signed an executive order Tuesday intended to boost Hispanic education achievement, a priority for a key voting bloc two weeks ahead of critical midterm elections.

October 19, 2010

Latinx

White House Initiative Spearheads Summit on Latino Academic Excellence

Education leaders gathered in Washington on Monday to share best practices and strategize about ways to increase education access for Hispanic-Americans and help reach President Barack Obama’s goal to significantly increase college graduation rates by 2020.

October 18, 2010

African-American

In U.S., Hispanics Outlive Whites, Blacks by Years

U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive Whites by more than two years and Blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country.

October 13, 2010

Students

Latino Student-focused College Programs Honored at U.S. Capitol

Prominent political officials helped Washington-based nonprofit group Excelencia in Education salute collegiate programs that boost Latino student success Wednesday during the non-profit’s fifth annual awards ceremony.

September 29, 2010