Community colleges are increasingly offering a more affordable alternative for Latino students when it comes to getting a bachelor’s degree.
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A Venezuelan journalist shares her story of pivotal and poignant life moments after weighing whether to join the U.S. military
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Parents and educators may feel helpless to stop widespread drug use among adolescents, but evidence-based interventions can make a difference by building children’s skills and adult-child relationships.
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A half-century after the death of its iconic big-leaguer, Roberto Clemente, it’s a time of introspection for Puerto Rican baseball
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What if technology was steering your academic success? At one university, predictive analytics is helping more students of color reach graduation, but researchers raise alarm bells about possible pitfalls, and baked-in bias.
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The debate surrounding on-campus police has intensified against the backdrop of school shootings and the racial reckoning ignited by the George Floyd tragedy. But who supports this intervention – and who opposes it – may be surprising, and their opposing views underscore the tension that pulls at the fabric of diverse communities across the U.S.
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El debate en torno a la presencia policial en los campus se ha intensificado ante los tiroteos en centros escolares y la tensión racial que desató la trágica muerte de George Floyd. Pero puede resultar sorprendente quiénes apoyan estas intervenciones – y quiénes se oponen a ellas –, ya que sus posturas encontradas revelan la tensión entre las diversas comunidades de Estados Unidos.
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Her mother’s prison term turned her life upside down, but now Jade Green is leading an organization that’s transforming the lives of young people who have been involved in the justice system — inside a former youth detention center converted into a place of education and triumph.
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El encarcelamiento de su madre le dio un vuelco a su vida, pero ahora, Jade Green encabeza una organización que está transformando las vidas de jóvenes que han lidiado con el sistema de justicia. Y lo está logrando desde un antiguo centro de detención para jóvenes que ha sido reconvertido en un espacio dedicado a la educación y al triunfo.
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La experiencia de seguridad física y emocional de los estudiantes es fundamental para potenciar su capacidad de aprendizaje, de compresión de conceptos abstractos y para avanzar en su educación, según investigaciones de la psicología y la neurociencia.
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Students’ experience of physical and emotional safety is crucial to their ability to learn, understand abstract concepts and advance educationally, according to psychological and neuroscience research.
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While time runs out and the planet heats up, conscious fashion designers are taking action to save it.
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Latino organizations mobilize in support of “Blue Beetle,” the summer’s biggest Latino-themed movie.
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A record number of Oscar nominations are among the signs that 2022 might be the year the Latino storyline in Hollywood is rewritten.
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Leading Latino politicians and artists call for a Hollywood reckoning.
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The impact of a new law that seeks to push undocumented immigrants out of Florida remains to be seen, but key sectors of the local economy are already anticipating its effects. Arizona's experience with anti-immigrant legislation may offer a glimpse into the economic price Florida might pay and the unforeseen political backslash that may come with it.
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One family’s quest for a better life and education for their U.S.-born children leads them south of the border.
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¿Y si la tecnología influyera en tu éxito académico? En una universidad, las tecnologías analíticas ayudan a más estudiantes negros y latinos a graduarse, pero los investigadores advierten de los posibles riesgos y sesgos raciales en estas herramientas.
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Migrant students and their families follow the seasons year-round to sow and harvest America’s produce. Students take pride in their families’ work ethic — but struggle to continue their schooling. The 50-year-old CAMP scholarship helps hundreds of them go to college.
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Leading Latino politicians and artists call for a Hollywood reckoning.
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