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Visa Refusals And Immigration Policies Lead To Fewer Students
By Stuart Anderson | Forbes | AUG. 9, 2023 | Photo by Alex Wong Consular officers denying visas and uncompetitive immigration policies have contributed to a drop in international students attending U.S. universities. Analysts say the decline harms U.S. economic efforts to attract talent and weakens America’s soft power focused ... -
Nearly half the states now allow in-state tuition for immigrant students
By Elaine Povich | Nevada Current | AUG. 19, 2023 | Photo Hugh Jackson When Cristian Dubon Solis was getting ready to graduate from a Boston high school in 2020, he started planning to apply to college. It was only then he realized that as an immigrant lacking permanent legal status, ... -
California’s 63-year-old higher education plan could use a reality check
By Dan Walters | Cal Matters | JUL. 26, 2023 | Photo by Raquel Natalicchio As California’s population exploded in the 1950s and 1960s – surpassing New York to become the nation’s most populous state in 1962 – its political leaders responded with sweeping plans to satisfy burgeoning demands for ... -
California must make transfers to CSU, UC easier for community college students
Despite nominal support for transfers from lawmakers and university officials, transferring to four-year state schools is an unrealized goal for too many. Opinion & Photo by The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board | JUL. 30, 2023 With 1.8 million students at its 116 campuses, the California Community College system is the ... -
Report shows widening gap between Latino and White students who graduate college
California State University, Northridge, Fullerton, and LA are also among the top schools enrolling Latino students, Excelencia in Education report says. By Emily Samuels | Press-Telegram | JUL. 23, 2023 | Photo by Hans Gutknecht At first, Los Angeles area resident Melissa Becerra Amador didn’t know if she would go ... -
Scientists Just Discovered a Complex Maya City Buried Deep in the Jungle
The ancient town comes with pyramids, buildings, stone columns, and a ball field. By Tim Newcomb | Popular Mechanics | JUL. 13, 2023 | Photo by Carlos Alonzo The jungles of the Balamakú ecological reserve on the Yucatan Peninsula recently offered up a remarkable look at an ancient Maya city, one ... -
Viral video after Mexico’s Gold Cup win sparks a conversation about speaking Spanish
‘Language isn’t the only thing that defines who we are and our relationship to our Mexican heritage.’ By Alejandra Molina | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 18, 2023 | Photo by Martina Ibanez-Baldor As El Tri fans cheered Mexico’s CONCACAF Gold Cup win on Sunday outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, ... -
Carlomagno Pedro: the man who broke the ‘art’ ceiling
By MND Staff | Mexico News Daily | MAY 27, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art Mexico’s handcraft tradition is so much more than eye-catching wares displayed for sale on the street. Rather, it is a testament to millennia of both history and aesthetic evolution. Mexico’s ... -
New opportunity for Cuban students in Mexico: UNAM opens headquarters at the University of Havana
Mexican universities have become an escape route for many Cuban students who choose to get a scholarship from the government of Mexico to study postgraduate studies. Story and Photo by Periodico Cubano | JUN. 25, 2023 Cuban university students will have a new opportunity to travel to Mexico in academic ... -
Harvard University awards honorary doctorate to Oaxacan founder of Radio Bilingüe
He is the first Latino in the United States and Mexican indigenous to receive this recognition; before him he was received by Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. By Araceli Martinez Ortega | La Opinon (translation by Google) | JUN. 6, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Harvard Univ. At 74 years ...