Achievement Gaps Create Permanent Recession
Do Existing Practices Really Help Increase Student Success?
Top 25 Medical Schools Enrolling Hispanics
Discussing The State Of Higher Education
Call for Papers: Latino/a Communities in the Midwest

Achievement Gaps Create Permanent Recession.
Source: Mckinsey & Company
The United States lags significantly behind other advanced nations in educational performance and is slipping further behind on some important measures. In addition, the gap betweens ours and others' performance widens the longer children are in school. The facts demonstrate that lagging achievement in the United States is not merely an issue for poor children attending schools in poor neighborhoods; instead, it affects most children in most schools.
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Do Existing Practices Really Help Increase Student Success?
Source: IHEP
The Pathways to College Network, a new program of the Institue for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), is launching a national initiative to ensure that student needs for integrated academic and social support strategies are being addressed. Academic and social supports comprise policies and practices to assist students at all education levels with nurturing their talents, building new skills, and mastering tough challenges. Such supports, alligned with academically rigorous curricula, help students from all backgrounds achieve at high levels in both high school and college.
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Discussing The State Of Higher Education.
Source: HACU
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), the only national association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), kicked off the first HACU on the Road tour on Monday, June 8. HACU President and CEO Antonio Flores will visit major metropolitan areas to discuss the state of Hispanic higher education.
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Call for Papers: Latino/a Communities in the Midwest.
Source: Julian Samora Research Institute
The Julian Samora Research Institute is proud to announce a call for papers and panels for a conference celebrating its 20th anniversary as a research institute. The conference theme is "Latino/a Communities in the Midwest." Latino/a populations and communities are growing rapidly across the country and are found in every sector of life in the United States. Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a broad range of topics focusing on Latino/a communities in the Midwest.
Call for Papers.

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