The PhD Project
The PhD Project is a unique diversity initiative that encourages African-American, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans to pursue their Ph.D.’s in business to serve as role models and mentors for minority business students. Since our inception in 1994, we have more than tripled the number of minority business professors from just 294 to over 1,000 today.
The PhD Project hosts an invitation only conference each November for minority professionals considering doctoral studies. This conference takes place in Chicago each November and the application deadline is September 30th. The PhD Project will cover all travel, hotel and conference expenses for those who are invited to attend. There is a nominal $200 registration fee.
Once enrolled in a business doctoral program, eligible students automatically become members of one of five PhD Project Minority Doctoral Students Associations in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Management and Marketing. Once again, The PhD Project covers all travel, hotel and conference expenses for our student members to attend our conference and the related professional association conference for that discipline. Our summer conferences provide incredible resources, support and networking opportunities that have resulted in a 92% doctoral completion rate.
You can visit www.phdproject.org for more information and to access an application for the annual conference. To be considered, you must hold a minimum of an undergraduate degree, or be entering your senior year of college by the time you attend the conference.
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Latino Student Retention Workshop
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) with the Educational Policy Institute is sponsoring the annual workshop on Latino student retention for professionals at HSIs and other institutions. The workshop consists of a morning session providing an introduction to retention issues and strategies, with a special afternoon session that allows practitioners to consider the planning and implementation for retention programming and strategic planning. Participants can sign up for either or both sessions.
Throughout the day, you will be introduced to data and concepts on when and why students decide to leave college. Dr. Watson Scott Swail, an internationally-known student retention leader, will showcase national data to illustrate trends in student success, and then discuss collectively with participants the actions and major decision points that lead to student departure. You will be introduced to concepts of how to change campus practices so as to encourage and improve retention and re-enrollment in higher education.
After a morning session focused primarily on theories, participants will be able to put in practice their new knowledge and start adapting it to their campus. The afternoon session will utilize workshops and small groups to identify strategies that could work on your campus. Participants will also be introduced to Logic Modeling as a method of strategic planning.
By the end of this one day workshop, participants will have learned new strategies and tools to bring back to their campus and continue working on the important issues of student success.
Click here to learn more about and register for the EPI workshop in San Diego!
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Celebración de Excelencia 2010
Join us on September 29, 2010 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. for Celebración de Excelencia. Programs and departments at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate levels will be recognized as 2010 Examples of Excelencia. At this event, the 2010 edition of What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education will also be released.
Excelencia's Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Workshop will offer tactical information about effective strategies making a positive difference for Latino college students. Sessions will include the 2010 Examples of Excelencia and how your institution can connect with national education campaigns including UNIVISION's Es El Momento and the Hispanic Scholarship and Ad Council 's Your Word Today. The ALASS Workshop, will be held September 30, 2010 from 8:30am - 3:30pm in Washington, D.C. Space is limited so register today.
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Dissertation Competition-AAHHE/ETS
The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) are proud to announce the Outstanding Dissertations Competition 2011.
AAHHE and ETS recognize the significant need to increase the number of Hispanics receiving doctoral degrees, entering higher education on the tenure track, and eventually serving in faculty leadership and administrative roles.
The deadline for submitting an application for this competition is Sept. 7th. Please refer all to the AAHHE web site, www.aahhe.org, for details about the competition and the required application forms.
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Florida Policy Options to Accelerate Latino Student Success
By Deborah A. Santiago, Excelencia in Education
This report offers policy recommendations, based on recent research and discussions, to improve the educational attainment of Florida's workforce, with a focus on Latinos. Given that a large portion of the demographic growth in Florida through 2030 will be Hispanic, the state's economic competitiveness will be highly dependent on the educational attainment of this population.
However, the educational attainment of Hispanics in Florida is low. In 2008, about 23 percent of Hispanics 25 and over in Florida had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.
Florida Policy Options to Accelerate Latino Student Success in Higher Education specifies policy recommendations for higher education that can foster conversations with state legislators, public officials, education stakeholders, and college/university leaders to improve the educational attainment of all Floridians.
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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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