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‘I want to achieve more’: Student battles stereotypes to accomplish her dreams
The leader of Hispanics of Highland Club in Salt Lake City wants her peers to consider college instead of construction work.
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'A systematic failure:' Less than 25% of Black, Hispanic HISD students graduate college in six years
More than half of HISD’s Black and Hispanic students in the Class of 2018 enrolled in higher education within one year of high school, although most did not graduate. Six years after high school ...
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As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students
Hispanic high school graduates such as Quintero. Universities and colleges have historically not done well at enrolling Hispanic students. Now their own success may largely depend on it. “The ...
‘Girls Take Flight’ with the assistance of the RSF Women’s Fund
The Rancho Santa Fe Women’s Fund members were recently treated to an update from Sarah Tuakli Cooper, the Elementary ...
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First Hispanic female school Board Chair honored with building renaming
As if her 26 years of service and 14 terms as School Board Chair were not enough, the late Perla Tabares Hantman has left yet ...
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As Louisiana's Hispanic population grows, this program drives students toward college
Ilse Salas walked into a college classroom for the first time in fall 2022 with one thought in mind: “Am I supposed to be here?” As a senior at Hammond High Magnet School who immigrated with ...
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HISD failed to prepare students for college, career success before the takeover. Will that change?
Less than a quarter of HISD’s Black and Hispanic high school students typically earn degrees from any college or university within six years, according to years of district data. As part of a ...
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As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students
Hispanic high school graduates such as Quintero. Universities and colleges have historically not done well at enrolling Hispanic students. Now their own success may largely depend on it.