Recently added articles from The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education:
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Feb 23, 2009; ... Welcome to our annual Women's Issue, celebrating accomplished Latinas in and of academia. Things seem to be looking up for American women of all hues. For instance, both the Senate and House recently passed the Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay Act. Lilly's the woman who filed an EEOC claim against her ...
"Walk the Line"
Feb 23, 2009; ... By Carlos Miller, Barry Magazine, Fall 2008 Dr. Charles Southerland is the founder of Barry University's Yucatán Crippled Children's Project, which treats children with foot and leg deformities in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula. Southerland, a professor of podiatric ...
In Obama We Trust
Feb 23, 2009; ... The inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th president must have been a bittersweet occasion for some of this country's Latino community. Joyous and buoyant, supposedly, since Latinos overwhelmingly voted for Obama and expectations are high after their unrequited flirtations with ...
Latinas Overcome Cultural and Economic Barriers to Grow their Higher Education Numbers
Feb 23, 2009; ... Today's Hispanic women in higher education and in the workplace have a similar set of challenges as they strive to overcome economic and social barriers to get an education and excel in the professional work force. But the baby boomer generation could be what boosts Latinas into management and ...
Dr. Inés Cifuentes: Not Your Ordinary Scientist
Feb 23, 2009; ... Dr. Inés Cifuentes had a childhood far from the ordinary. By the time she was 12, she had lived in London, Ecuador, Paraguay, Chile, Guatemala and the U.S. Born to an Ecuadorian father and Jewish-American mother who worked as economists for the United Nations, she and her brother learned ...
Dr. Laura Rendón: Helping Campuses Increase Latina Success
Feb 23, 2009; ... Dr. Laura Rendón is on a mission. Her goal is to transform college campuses into a setting for Latino success and the success of all students. Rendón, who is professor and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University's College of Human Sciences, ...
The Status of Latinas at the Five Sisters
Feb 23, 2009; ... Once upon a time there were seven sisters, private women's colleges. Then Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., which refused to merge with Yale University, went co-ed in 1969, and Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Mass., merged with Harvard University. The five remaining sisters, all in the ...
The Creative Careers of Deborah Franco
Feb 23, 2009; ... Even in 2009, you could be forgiven for assuming a man directed the ads for the United States Naval Academy's new "Fulfill Your Destiny" campaign. The spots burst with macho images of zooming planes, sweaty football players and hulking submarines, all glorifying life in the service, and that's ...
Why Comprehensive Immigration Reform Won't Happen until After 2010
Feb 23, 2009; ... The 11th Congress is now some four weeks into its first 100 legislative days. The expectations for it to pass key legislation have been building for months. Since the November elections, Latino activists have been asking themselves one question: will comprehensive immigration reform now be ...
AAUW Research Shows Income Trumps Gender as Factor in Testing
Feb 23, 2009; ... A recent report by the American Association of University Women investigating the status of girls in education reveals that the true issue is no longer related to gender but to income level and race. Where the Girls Are: The Facts about Gender Equity in Education, published in May 2008, ...
The Many Lives of Mirta Ojito
Feb 23, 2009; ... We are often challenged to see the complexities of a life behind a façade. All too often, we see what we wish to see and avoid seeing what we don't want to experience. By her own account, journalist Mirta Ojito has always been curious, always wanted to probe behind the obvious and the ...
Saint Mary's College Offers Quality College Education Worth the Sacrifice, Even in Tough Economy
Feb 23, 2009; ... News reports are filled with stories about the economy. It is the main topic of conversation at every sort of meeting and gathering. Many of these reports and articles address higher education and its response to the current state of affairs. Will families be able to afford to send their ...
Latinas and the 2008 Presidential Election
Feb 23, 2009; ... In this most recent presidential election, perhaps the most historicallly significant ever, Latinas had the option of voting for women candidates on both sides of the aisle. On Feb. 5, "Super Tuesday," when 24 states held their major party primaries, Latinas made up 56 percent, more than half of ...
Latino Leaders Celebrate Inauguration, Power of Vote
Feb 23, 2009; ... Celebrating 'the power of the Latino vote' a day before the inauguration of President Barack Obama, three of the largest Latino advocacy organizations in the country hosted a half-day conference on legislative priorities, as well as a star-studded Inaugural Gala just steps from the U.S ....
U.S. in Danger of Risking World Standing: College Board Report
Feb 23, 2009; ... NEW YORK. N.Y. The United States must take immediate action to reverse its fall from the top ranks of countries with a college-educated work force. If postsecondary success is not made a national priority, our country's economic and social health will continue to weaken. This is the ...
Lumina Foundation Awards Grants to 11 States
Feb 23, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. At a time when state economies are reeling and educators and policymakers are anticipating significant cuts to public higher education, Lumina Foundation for Education has announced grants to 1 1 states to help develop and implement policy changes that promote ...
NAICU Survey Examines Economic Concerns of Private College and University Leaders
Feb 23, 2009; ... WASHINGTON. IM . A new survey of private college and university presidents finds that fundraising, endowments, the availability of student aid, institutional debt and student enrollment led the list of campus economic concerns as the fall 2008 semester ended. The survey was conducted ...
Higher Ed Plan Calls for Additional Student Aid, Investment in University Infrastructure
Feb 23, 2009; ... WASHINGTON. D.C. A coalition of 30 higher education associations has been calling on Congress to make higher education a critical part of an economic stimulus package. The group has proposed a series of federal investments in student aid and campus infrastructure that will not only ...
PEOPLE, PLACES, PUBLICATIONS
Feb 23, 2009; ... People & Places Hispanics on the Move Torres Named Director of Gastón Institute Dr. María Idalí Torres, medical anthropologist and associate professor of public health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massa- chusetts-Amherst, has been named ...
Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants
Feb 23, 2009; ... Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants, by Jorge G. Castañeda. 240 pgs. New York, N.Y.: The New Press, 2007. ISBN 978-59558-163-1, $24.95. Jorge Castañeda has written a first-rate treatise on the sweeping issues of immigration, for laymen and a U.S. audience. Ex-Mex offers a sound and ...