RE Zambrana, S Hurtado – 2015 – books.google.com
4 days ago – Mexican Americans comprise the largest subgroup of Latina/os, and their path
to education can be a difficult one. Yet just as this group is often marginalized, so are their
stories, and relatively few studies have chronicled the educational trajectory of Mexican …
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By Katya Lezin
Correspondent
Violeta Moser came to the United States in 1974 as an exchange student from Peru.
She studied at New Jersey’s Montclair State University and earned a degree in business administration.
“I was supposed to stay for only one semester,” Moser said. “And it has turned into 42 years.”
Moser, 60, knows the obstacles faced by students who are new to the U.S. educational system…
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Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Latino students, as well as related support services. HSF seeks to give students all the tools they need to apply to college, do well in their course work, graduate, enter a profession, excel, help lead our nation going forward, and mentor the generations to come
As the nation’s largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, HSF has awarded over $470 million in scholarships and provides a range of ancillary programs for candidates, scholars, and their families.
HSF further strives to make college education a top priority for every Latino family across the nation and to mobilize our community to proactively
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Michelle Mancilla enrolled in Cerritos College three years ago on the advice of her father. Impressed with the school’s academic programs, he told her she would have the best chance of success there.
He may have been right. According to a study by New America, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit, Cerritos College was singled out for increasing the number of Latinos who are eligible to transfer and who do well academically…
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M De Lourdes Viloria – Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research …, 2015
… Texas A & M International University, College of Education, Department of Professional Programs,
Office Killam Library 435A. … Abstract This study examined the culturally responsive teaching
practices of two third generation Mexican American teachers from the South Texas …
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JOLIET — Joliet Junior College was awarded a grant last week that will go toward highlighting the culture and history of than 200 organizations nationwide to receive the grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to participLatinos – a fast-growing demographic at the community college.
JJC was one of more ate in “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History,” produced by NEH and the American Library Association.
Martha Villegas Miranda, JJC Latino student support specialist, said she was excited the college was one of the grant’s recipients.
She said she pursued the grant because of the college’s and community’s growing Latino population. Currently, 23 percent of students at JJC are Latino…
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When Houston author and activist Tony Diaz lit a cultural fire at the State Board of Education last year by demanding that Texas honor its majority Hispanic student body with a high school course in Mexican-American studies, the board did what it does best: It burned.
Board member David Bradley (R-Beaumont), perhaps as a sort of thought exercise, proposed adding a course in Irish-American studies to honor his heritage. Board member Pat Hardy (R-Weatherford) deemed the course wholly unnecessary. “We’re citizens of the United States, not citizens of Mexico,” she said.
Diaz asked, “Who will walk with us into this new America, and who will turn their backs on us?”
MerryLynn Gerstenschlager of the Texas Eagle Forum wondered aloud what sort of “new America” Diaz had in mind and why the Founding Fathers weren’t good enough for him…
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Leaders from the new Latino Center for Leadership Development claimed victory Tuesday in preserving in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.
Now, they want to boost the use of in-state tuition at colleges and universities among immigrant students.
Miguel Solis, the center’s executive director, said unauthorized immigrants should never give up on an education, despite political gridlock in Washington and court obstacles on liberalizing immigration policies…
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During the last few weeks thousands of college graduates around the country heard inspirational commencement speeches as they prepared to embark on their new lives.
We rounded some words of wisdom from prominent Latinos in government, civil rights and the arts who shared their own life stories and journeys and offered students guidance and inspiration for their post-college years…
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A desire to create a space where Latinos graduating from Harvard University can celebrate their accomplishments with their families in a more meaningful and personal way led a group of students to organize the first-ever Harvard Latin@ Graduation ceremony.
“Many of us are first-generation college graduates and come from middle to lower-income backgrounds. So to be able to graduate from a prestigious institution like Harvard, it’s just really a dream come true,” said Erika Ontiveros Carlsen, a 27-year-old who’s graduating with a Master’s of Divinity degree from Harvard. She led efforts to plan the Harvard Latin@ Graduation – the “@” symbol is more gender neutral…
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