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The University at Albany is partnering with  Excelencia in Education for the release of its new report on “25 Years of Hispanic Serving Institutions.” The analysis, which was briefed at UAlbany Thursday, aims to inform lawmakers and school administrators how best to serve Latino/Latina students in higher education. UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez spoke with WAMC’s Jesse King about the report. For those who don't know, what is a Hispanic Serving Institution?  A Hispanic Serving Institution is a federally designated institution which has an enrollment of about 25 percent or more...

CSU System economic study shows impact on talent retention, jobs, revenue 09 Feb, 2021   The three Colorado State University System campuses – and the out-of-state students they attract – fuel nearly 23,000 Colorado jobs and more than $237.74 million in state income and sales tax revenue annually. In its first-ever Systemwide economic impact study, a team of economists quantified the CSU System’s unique contributions to the Colorado economy in terms of jobs, research, and the contributions of the System’s more than 112,250 living alumni who are currently working in Colorado. High...

When it comes to leadership and giving back to her community, there is not much that Teresa Martinez has not done. Arriving in Polk County in the early 1970s as an exile from the oppressive communist regime in Cuba, Martinez has made her mark on our county in numerous ways. After 12 years as a language teacher with the public school system, she founded the Institute of Spanish Communication Inc. in 1989. ISC is the publisher of the ¡Viva Polk! Magazine, the only print Spanish media published and distributed throughout the county.  She is the author of “Success in Exile – Five Decade...

Contexts by Rebecca A. London | January 26, 2021 Photo by Caniceus (Source: Pixabay). As the world moved to remote teaching and learning this past spring, I taught a designed-for-the-moment undergraduate course in the Sociology Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) called Coronavirus and Community. My goal was to create an opportunity for undergraduates, many of whom had moved back in with their parents, to go deep into an issue they cared about and how the pandemic has affected it. As I was designing the...

Hispanic Serving Institutions: What to Know © Matt Perko, UC Santa Barbara 190828university_of_california--santa_barbara1 The growth of the Hispanic population in the U.S. has boomed in recent decades, and Hispanics now make up the largest racial or ethnic minority in the country, per U.S. Census data. With that growth has come the emergence of Hispanic Serving Institutions. By definition, Hispanic Serving Institutions – or HSIs – are colleges or universities where Hispanic students comprise at least 25% of the full-time equivalent student body, according to the U.S. Department of Educ...