Tag Archives: higher education
Microloan service Vittana helps students pay for school
July 24, 2013 – 1:09 am
A microloan program, Vittana, works to make financing education easier for students in less developed countries by allowing people in other parts of the world… more
LanguageTwin uses tech to teach Spanish
May 29, 2013 – 11:57 pm
Language teachers commonly say that you should listen to music or television shows in the language for the exposure, but the usefulness of that is… more
Latinos’ STEM bachelor degree numbers up, doctorates down
March 17, 2013 – 7:44 pm
The National Science Foundation recently released a report titled, “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2013” with some interesting data about… more
Latinos, blacks, take more time to graduate in STEM
January 8, 2013 – 12:27 am
Latinos and African Americans take more time to complete their graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields, according to a new study from… more
Affordable ed in California with open source textbooks
November 14, 2012 – 8:32 pm
Rising costs of tuition and textbooks are not unknown to college students and there’s historically been little in terms of relief for these rising costs… more
UT Austin’s new admissions policy hurts Latinos
October 30, 2012 – 11:19 pm
Only Texas seniors in the top 7% of their graduating class will be guaranteed admission to the University of Texas at Austin for the summer/fall… more
Why so few Latinos in academia?
August 15, 2012 – 11:30 am
A story in “Diverse: Issues In Higher Education” attempts to explain why it is that there are so few Latinos, and blacks, in the upper… more
