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Latinx

President’s Hispanic education commission releases report

The long-awaited report by the President’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans was finally released last month with few surprises and a grim picture for both Latinos and the nation.

June 22, 2007

Students

… 3,000 and counting – educational aid to underrepresented students

Several years ago, a number of educators, after deciding there were not enough Latinos enrolled in graduate schools around the country, created a program called “Helping 500 U.S. Hispanic Students into Graduate Schools.”

June 19, 2007

Students

Making of the Chicano movement revisited – lessons from the Chicano movement of 1968 – Column

Twenty-eight years ago, on March 3, 1968, more than a thousand Mexican-American students walked out of Abraham Lincoln High School and marched through the streets of East Los Angeles, California. Later in the day, several thousand more of them walked out of five other predominantly Mexican-American high schools — and, by day’s end, more than 10,000 had joined the strike.

June 16, 2007

Students

Building Aztlan – resurgence of Chicano activism on campus

Some Chicano scholars say the beginning of the Chicano activist movement was the defense of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) in 1521, which pitted the indigenous Mexican population against Spanish invaders. Others define it as the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, when Mexico lost half of its territory to the United States and Mexican residents became, as one scholar put it, “strangers in their own land.”

June 16, 2007

Latinx

Dos culturas, one pedagogy: teaching history from black and Hispanic perspectives – efforts to raise ethnic identity amongst the Mexican and African Americans in Texas – Cover Story

Teaching History From Black and Hispanic Perspectives.

June 15, 2007

Students

Accelerating Hispanic Progress in Higher Education

As the Hispanic community continues to grow in this country, efforts to accelerate and expand student success in higher education will be critical to the nation’s future competitiveness, says Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown at a Capitol Hill policy briefing on Tuesday.

March 19, 2007

Latinx

Study Finds Rising Narcissism, Self-centeredness Among College Students

Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.

February 28, 2007

Latinx

Study: Hispanics in the West Perceive Roadblocks To College

PORTLAND Ore. Hispanics aspiring to college see themselves as facing more roadblocks than their White counterparts, concludes a study led by a University of Oregon professor.

February 12, 2007

Latinx

Just the Stats: Hispanics in Education, Are they Achieving?

A report from The National Council of La Raza called “Hispanic Education in the United States” provides a detailed account of how Hispanics compare to their peers at all levels of education.

January 18, 2007

African-American

Just the Stats: A Day in the Life of a Child in the United States

Minorities represent one-third of children in classes for the gifted, but parents stop enforcing TV restrictions and spend less time bonding with their children over dinner as their children grow up, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

January 14, 2007

Latinx

Hispanic Preschoolers More At Risk For Being Overweight

Far too many children are fat by preschool, and Hispanic youngsters are most at risk, concludes a new study on children growing up in poverty.

January 2, 2007

Latinx

Excelencia Offers Specific Strategies For Boosting Hispanic College Enrollment

For California to remain economically competitive, higher percentages of Hispanic students must begin attending…

December 27, 2006