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Latino dropout rate hits new low, college enrollment at new high
BY JOHN GRAMLICH, Pew Research Center ~ Originally published on Sept. 29, 2017 The high school dropout rate among U.S. Hispanics has fallen to a new low, extending a decades-long decline, according to recently released data from the Census Bureau. The reduction has come alongside a long-term increase in Hispanic college enrollment, which ... -
La Raza Student Association receives death threats, multicultural center littered with racist fliers over weekend
By: Kat Schuster, D49er ~ September 19, 2017 La Raza Student Association received a death threat on Saturday Sept. 16 after a man began posting crude and discriminating comments on La Raza’s Facebook page. The comments eventually escalated into violence and death threats toward students involved in the organization. The Cal State Long Beach University ... -
Mexican Universities Prepare for a Potential ‘Tsunami’ of DACA Students
By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Ed ~ SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 If President Trump and Congress cannot come to an agreement to prevent the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, Mexican universities say they are ready to welcome them as ... -
America is more diverse than ever before, but its schools are growing more segregated
By: Beverly Daniel Tatum, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 12 2017 America’s school-age population is more diverse than ever before, reflecting the demographic shift rapidly taking place in our country. America’s schools, however, are more segregated than they have been for decades. During the two decades between 1970 and 1990, the nation made ... -
With DACA in Doubt, This Counselor to Latino Students Is Busier Than Ever
By: Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz, The Chronicle of Higher-Ed ~ Sept. 12, 2017 Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration in January, Armando Bustamante, a student-programs specialist at the University of New Mexico’s El Centro de la Raza, a resource center for Latino students at the university, changed his email signature. It now reads, "Es mejor morir de pie ... -
From Anger to Action for Dreamers
This is a moment when higher education leaders must be advocates and activists to affirm some of the most fundamental values of our national commitment to equity and justice for all people, Patricia McGuire writes. By: Patricia McGuire , Inside Higher Ed ~ September 8, 2017 Where do we go from ... -
LATTC inaugura centro para soñadores el mismo día que se revoca DACA
El colegio comunitario cuenta con aproximadamente 750 estudiantes indocumentados. POR: JACQUELINE GARCÍA, La Opinión ~ Sept. 05, 2017 Ante un futuro incierto pero con la frente en alto, un grupo de estudiantes indocumentados del colegio comunitario Los Angeles Trade Technical (LATTC) y aliados inauguraron un nuevo centro de recursos para “Dreamers” el martes por la ... -
Trump’s DACA Decision Looms for L.A.'s 100,000 "Dreamers"
BY JASON MCGAHAN, L.A. Weekly ~ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 http://www.laweekly.com/news/how-trumps-decision-on-daca-will-affect-dreamers-in-la-8602666 Sandra Lopez was brought to the United States from Mexico as a 12-year-old. Today Lopez is 27, and her biggest advances and setbacks have mirrored the vagaries of American immigration policy in recent years. She graduated from Cabrillo High School ... -
The CSSA Cal State Student Association wrote a letter to President Trump about DACA
On August 30, 2017, the CSSA Cal State Student Association wrote a letter to President Trump regarding DACA. The Honorable Donald J. Trump President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20502 President Trump, The California State Student Association, the organization that represents the ... -
Federal judge says Arizona's ban on Mexican American studies is racially discriminatory
By: Jaweed Kaleem , Los Angeles Times ~ Aug. 22, 2017 A federal judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that the state’s controversial ban on ethnic studies was motivated by racial discrimination. The decision from Judge A. Wallace Tashima, a federal appeals court judge sitting in the district court in Arizona, came in a ...
