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Project Puente

Concerned about the low percentage of Latino and Mexican American community college students who transferred

October 18, 2005

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Latino Students Lag Behind In Financial Aid For College, Report Reveals

Although the percentage of Latino students receiving financial aid for college is at an all-time high Story:

August 24, 2005

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Low Unemployment in the South Contributing to Rise In Hispanic Population

The Hispanic population is growing faster in much of the South than anywhere else in the United States. Story:

August 24, 2005

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Hispanic Population Continues to Grow

Alabama’s Hispanic population continues to grow at a fast rate, according to the latest U.S. Census figures Story:

August 16, 2005

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Chicanos With Doctorates Attend Community Colleges

Nearly one-fourth of Chicanos with doctorates first attend a community college Story:

July 27, 2005

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Chicanos With Doctorates Attend Community Colleges

Nearly one-fourth of Chicanos with doctorates first attend a community college, more than two times the overall rate for all doctorates Story:

July 27, 2005

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Survey: Young Adults Believe in the Value of Higher Education

Survey: Young Adults Believe in the Value of Higher Education But college participation still not commonplace for most Black, Hispanic students, compared to Asian, White peersNEW YORKA new national survey of young adults ages 18 to 25 finds that the vast majority of today’s young adults — be they African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian […]

February 23, 2005

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UCLA Professor Kenny Burrell Among Seven

UCLA Professor Kenny Burrell Among Seven To Receive Nation’s Highest Jazz Honor   LOS ANGELES Kenny Burrell, the renowned jazz guitarist and the director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), has been named a 2005 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Designation as an NEA Jazz […]

February 9, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development Institute

Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development InstitutePHOENIXThe former head of the Washington-based National Council of La Raza joined Arizona State University earlier this month. Raul Yzaguirre will develop a Hispanic-based community development institute and bolster the school’s efforts to raise money, recruit minority faculty and students and accelerate partnerships with […]

January 26, 2005

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University of New Mexico Changing Name of Chicano Program

University of New Mexico Changing Name of Chicano ProgramALBUQUERQUE, N.M.The University of New Mexico’s Chicano studies program, begun in 1971 during the activism movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is becoming the Southwest Hispanic studies program. Its director, Dr. Enrique Lamadrid, said the new name will be published in UNM’s catalog for the fall. The […]

November 17, 2004

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Search Engines Essential to Internet, Study Finds

Search Engines Essential to Internet, Study FindsWASHINGTONSurvey data indicate that search engines have become an essential and popular way for people to find information online. A nationwide phone survey of 1,399 Internet users conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in late spring shows that 84 percent of online Americans have used search […]

September 22, 2004

Latinx

Surging in the Southeast

Surging in the Southeast North Carolina HBCUs expected to play significant role in facilitating college access for the increasing Latino population in the region By Ronald Roach Given the surging growth in the U.S. Latino population in recent years, nowhere have those increases been occurring faster than in the southeast. North Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia, […]

September 22, 2004