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Alberto Gonzales Emerges from the Shadows to Teach You a Lesson

7:04 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bizarro| Celebrities| Education| Politics · 1 Comment

10 Jul 2009

gonzales-and-bush Just when you thought it was safe to go back to school after summer vacation: ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is back and he wants to be your professor. At least that’s what the fine young men and women of Texas Tech have to look forward to this coming school year. According to Amarillo.com, Gonzales will teach the course “Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch,” and will also help the university recruit Latino students. Um…yeah…

While he may have been heckled at the University of Florida back in 2007, it appears that Albertito is beyond all that now and ready to take on his new post:

“I am long past the time of worrying about criticism,” said Gonzales, 53, in a Tuesday evening telephone interview.

“When you are involved in the most controversial issues of the day, you draw some criticism,” he said. “I am excited to be in an environment where ideas are debated. I will open a dialogue for a discussion about the policies of the previous administration.”

Be sure to check out Andrew Cohen’s CourtWatch blog for some cutting commentary on the new “Professor Gonzales”.

Via / Amarillo.com

New Latino Scholarship Directory released

2:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Education| Money · Comments Off

9 Jan 2007

Live in California and need money for college or know someone who does? The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute has just announced a new directory for Latinos looking for college dollars:

The directory, which was originally released in early november 2006, has been viewed online more than 15,000 times and quickly sold out its initial print run.

Now in its second printing, the directory has been expanded to include more than 20 of the largest national scholarship funders, providing millions of dollars of additional scholarship opportunities for California’s Latino students.

Printed copies will be distributed through the Sallie Mae Fund’s national “paying for college” bus tour, which launches its California tour today. Additional scholarship directories will be distributed by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, and by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund at their programs throughout Southern California.

Get more info and download the online version at LatinoCollegeDollars.org.

Thanks to reader Cindylu for the tip!

“Catch an Immigrant” nixed on Penn campus

2:17 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · 1 Comment

14 Apr 2006

What do young Republicans at Penn State do for fun? They play a friendly game of “Catch an Illegal Immigrant”. Nice.

The College Republicans at Penn State University wanted to enter the debate about the nation’s borders by playing a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game.”

People would be invited to “catch” group members wearing orange shirts symbolizing illegal aliens.

Amid the student outcry that ensued, they softened their plan to an illegal immigration awareness day in which leafleting and speech-making would let both sides air their views on immigration policies.

School officials supposedly nipped that in the bud, though the undertones remain:

Some who registered complaints with the administration said they saw uncomfortable likenesses to the original game, down to participants designated to discuss illegal immigration wearing orange shirts.

This “game” is apparently not new. Similar acts were staged last year in North Texas while students at UT Austin held a counter event against it.

Read the opinions from Penn State’s newspaper.

Via / KnoxNews.com

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California Universities Attract Latinos

1:57 am By Maegan La Mala · Education · Comments Off

29 Dec 2005

According to the magazine Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, more than 30 California universities are in the top 100 of schools that award bachelor’s degrees to Latino students.

Several San Joaquin Valley schools, including California State University, Stanislaus; California State University, Sacramento; and California State University, Fresno, were named. Those schools also have made the list in the past.

“The pick list is primarily put together to inform parents … which schools would be Hispanic-friendly to their children,” said Suzanne Lopez-Isa, the magazine’s managing editor. “We found that most Hispanics are very family-oriented people and want to send their child to a Hispanic-friendly area.”

More than 205,000 of San Joaquin County’s 614,000-plus residents are Hispanic, according to the Census Bureau’s 2003 American Community Survey.

Via / The Record

Latino Enrollment at UC Berkeley Increasing

4:41 pm By Maegan La Mala · Education · Comments Off

15 Dec 2005

The number of Latino freshman enrolled in UC Berkeley this year reached its highest level since 1997, according to the latest figures, which also show black students posting modest year-over-year gains.
The selective university has been struggling to boost enrollment of those students, whose lagging college-going rates led campus Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to suggest last month that California is approaching “educational apartheid” because of a 1996 voter initiative that banned affirmative action programs.

It seems that at UC Berkeley, even without the assistance of affirmitive action, there has been an increase in Latino enrollment. That doesn’t mean that the same can be said about all of the the schools in the University of California system. The news may sound positive but in reality it is negative because in 2005 Latinos are just getting to the levels that they were at back in 1997. I am positive that if affirmitive action programs were still in place the number of Latinos at UC Berkeley would be significantly higher.

Final enrollment numbers released Wednesday show that 426 Latino freshman attended University of California, Berkeley in the fall. That is up from 340 last year and is the most since 1997, the last year affirmative action was used and 469 Latino and Chicano freshman enrolled. In 1998, 271 Latino freshmen enrolled at UC Berkeley, according to UC data.

Via / Inside Bay Area

High Demand for Latino Technology Professionals

5:34 pm By Maegan La Mala · Education · 1 Comment

13 Dec 2005

In order to remain competitive in the world economy the U.S. Department of Labor states that 1.5 million technology professionals will be needed here in the U.S. Furthermore, IBM states that in this decade “…one out of four jobs will be in information technology.” Strangely enough there has been a decline in technology related course enrollment. Of all students graduating from computer science programs in the U.S., Latinos represent 3.9 percent.

Friday, IBM, Florida International University and the University of Miami are to launch a program to encourage young people, especially Hispanics, to consider careers in engineering and information technology.
Called “LA Grid,” the initiative is to work to increase number of Hispanic students entering the technology industry by pairing them with IBM mentors and providing opportunities to work on research and development projects with Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM.
“Currently, there is a great opportunity for Hispanics in the technology industry,” IBM said.

Via / Bizjournals.com

Racism at University of Colorado

11:27 am By Maegan La Mala · Education| society · Comments Off

12 Dec 2005

A University of Colorado football player has been suspended for sending a racist email to a Latino member of the cross country team at the same school.

This incident comes a month after the University of Colorado Student Union (UCSU) Tri-Executive Mebraht Gebre-Michael received a racially motivated e-mail on Nov. 15 threatening her life.

“The athletic department is under the same microscope that the University of Colorado education system is, so there’s no reason why these issues shouldn’t be brought to the public.”

I think it’s time for the University of Colorado to take responsibility for the actions of one of their programs. The university recently fired their football coach who presided over a major scandal where football recruits were taken to “sex parties.” There were also numerous rape charges against the football program. One would think that this latest incident would suffice for the school to take appropriate action and show the country that this type of behavior is unacceptable.

Via / Colorado Daily

Hispanic Alumni Club Gives Back

9:10 pm By Maegan La Mala · Education · Comments Off

9 Dec 2005

With its annual scholarship dinner tonight, the University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni club celebrates 20 years of contributing to students, now giving nearly $300,000 a year. The club has an endowment of $1.2 million and from that, spends about $80,000 a year on cash awards for 50 students, ranging from $500 up to $2,500. From money raised each year, the group gives full-tuition awards to another 50 students, spending about $200,000.

It’s great to see that this Alumni club is providing opportunities to future Latino college students. Aside from providing scholarships, the club also provides networking opportunities for students as well as a support system to assist students. I can just imagine how this club impacts the students that they help. It must be very comforting to Latino students, when they know that there is someone there to help them in their time of need. It also goes to show that as college graduates we have the responsibility to help facilitate higher education for others.

Via / Arizona Daily Star

Top Advanced Degree Schools for Latinos: HispanicBusiness Mag

4:58 pm By Maegan La Mala · Education · Comments Off

27 Sep 2005

Top 10 Business Schools for Hispanics
1. Stanford University
Stanford School of Business
2. University of California, Berkeley
Haas School of Business
3. University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
4. Yale University
Yale School of Management
5. University of Miami
School of Business Administration
6. Duke University
Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC
7. Columbia University
Columbia Business School
8. University of Michigan
Ross School of Business
9. Florida International University
Chapman Graduate School of Business
10. University of New Mexico
The Robert O. Anderson Schools of Management

Top 10 Engineering Schools for Hispanics
1. University of Texas at El Paso
College of Engineering
2. Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Engineering
3. University of Central Florida
College of Engineering and Computer Science
4. San Diego State University
College of Engineering
5. Michigan State University
College of Engineering
6. Rice University
George R. Brown School of Engineering
7. University of Texas at Austin
College of Engineering
8. West Virginia University
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
9. Iowa State University
College of Engineering
10. University of California, Irvine
Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Top 10 Law Schools for Hispanics
1. University of Miami
School of Law
2. University of Texas at Austin
School of Law
3. Stanford University
Stanford Law School
4. University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
5. University of Southern California
Gould School of Law
6. University of Florida
Fredric G. Levin College of Law
7. University of Connecticut
School of Law
8. Southwestern University
School of Law
9. University of California, Los Angeles
School of Law
10. Florida State University
College of Law

Top 10 Medical Schools for Hispanics
1. Stanford University
School of Medicine
2. Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
3. University of New Mexico
School of Medicine
4. Texas A&M University Health Science Center
College of Medicine
5. University of North Texas Health Science Center
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
6. University of Kansas
School of Medicine
7. University of Arizona
College of Medicine
8. East Carolina University
Brody School of Medicine
9. Edward Via Virginia
College of Osteopathic Medicine
10. Ohio State University
College of Medicine & Public Health

Source: HISPANIC BUSINESS Magazine

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