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The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI), the nation’s premier organization for Latinas, will celebrate its 2010 Executive Leadership Training Conference and Mujer Awards in Miami, Florida on November 4-5 at the Hyatt Regency Miami in Miami FL, under the conference theme The Latina Mosaic: Strength in Diversity.
Going on its tenth year, the Executive Leadership Training Conference and Mujer Awards brings together Latinas and NHLI’s accomplished alumnae from across the country for two days of cutting-edge leadership and professional development, networking, educational and inspirational keynotes and workshops facilitated by top-level Latina leaders from the public and private sectors.
While 50.8% of employed women in the U.S. hold managerial and professional positions only 3.6% of employed Latinas are in managerial posts. Education/professional development, role models and mentors, and networking are key elements to increasing the pool of professional Latinas.
“Developing and investing in women has the biggest payoff for a community; this has been repeatedly proven around the world. The conference provides Latinas tools to be stronger leaders so that their families, communities and the country benefit,” said Cristina Lopez, NHLI’s President.
Conference attendees include local and national leaders in corporate America, non-profits, government, media, higher education, as well as entrepreneurs, students, artists, authors and other attendees.
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AAHHE Fellowship Programs
The AAHHE is now accepting applications for two very prestigious fellowship programs,
The Graduate Student Fellowship Program and the Junior Faculty Fellowship Program. Participation in these fellowships includes conference registration fees, special events, hotel accommodations, and travel funding. The deadline to submit an application is October 1, 2010.
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Act on the DREAM Coalition
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) led efforts to bring together 25 national organizations to form the 'Act on the DREAM Coalition.' On June 16, 2010, at a DREAM Act Summit, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, the Coalition announced its formation and a call-to-action for the passage of the DREAM Act before Congress' August recess this year.
HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores delivered the opening address at the Summit. Other speakers included: Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy, executive director, NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education; George R. Boggs, president and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges; and Gaby Pacheco, student, DREAM Walker.
The Coalition announced the launch of a summer campaign to send letters to members of Congress. The letters will urge cosponsorship and support of the DREAM Act to provide a pathway to legal residency to remove barriers to higher education for thousands of students who are not legal residents of this country through no fault of their own. The Coalition is encouraging individuals to send letters from their website at
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Hispanics, High School Dropouts and the GED
By Richard Fry, Pew Hispanic Center
Just one-in-ten Hispanic high school dropouts has a General Educational Development (GED) credential, widely regarded as the best “second chance” pathway to college, vocational training and military service for adults who have not graduated from high school. By contrast, two-in-ten black high school dropouts and three-in-ten white high school dropouts have a GED, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of newly available educational attainment data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey.
The relatively low level of GED credentialing among Hispanic high school dropouts is especially notable because Hispanics have a much higher high school dropout rate than do blacks or whites. Some 41% of Hispanics ages 20 and older in the United States do not have a regular high school diploma, versus 23% of comparably aged blacks and 14% of whites.
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Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute
HACU will be hosting its 9th Annual Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute on September 18, 2010. The Institute will provide a dynamic forum where early-, mid- and top-level faculty, staff, administrators and other higher education leaders interact, network and explore strategies for effective institutional change -- making our institutions more responsive to the needs of underrepresented students. This year’s focus will be on how our higher education leadership is in many ways shaped by our core values -- personal and professional commitments to improving student and community development. Especially during these challenging times, it is important that we examine our driving convictions and live our values. Come ready to learn and to share your best ideas. The schedule includes speakers, panels, a career networking workshop, and small group discussions. The day will conclude with a panel comprised of top Latino presidents.
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Campus Diversity and Ethnic Identity Development
By Anna M. Ortiz & Silvia J. Santos, Diversity Web
Colleges and universities increasingly embrace diversity in its multiple forms, and many have established diversity as an important institutional value. But definitions of diversity vary across campuses, and diversity goals range from increasing access for underrepresented students to infusing diverse perspectives in the curriculum to building democratic campus climates that promote social justice. Each of these is a noble objective. Some are more difficult than others to achieve. But all are essential to the work of building institutions that fully realize the promise of diversity.
Mitchell Chang, Sylvia Hurtado, and their colleagues have published widely on the educational benefits of diversity (see for example Hurtado 2007; Chang, Denson, and Saenz 2006). Their work suggests many positive outcomes associated with diverse student populations and curricular and cocurricular activities that address the topics of race, ethnicity, and gender. Relying primarily on data generated through large research programs, their work gives a macroscopic picture of the role of diversity in higher education. Our work, summarized in our recent book Ethnicity in College, builds on this research by taking a closer look at how diverse college campuses (where students of color outnumber white students) affect students and, in particular, their sense of identity (Ortiz and Santos, 2009).
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NCCHC 2010 Leadership Symposium
By Anna M. Ortiz & Silvia J. Santos, Diversity Web
We invite you to attend the 2010 National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC) Leadership Symposium "Celebrating a Quarter Century of Meeting the Challenge" on September 23-25, 2010 at the Miami Hyatt Regency in Miami, Florida. Host colleges Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach are planning an exciting and informative symposium with relevant topics that will assist you in thriving as a leader in these challenging times regardless of your cultural background. You will experience many opportunities to hear from nationally recognized keynote speakers, participate in dynamic sessions that address issues of concern to our Latino community, develop leadership skills, and network with seasoned professionals.
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