IBM on Monday convened an inaugural summit titled "America's Competitiveness: Hispanic Participation in Technology Careers," an effort to bring together leaders in business, education, government, and community organizations to find ways to increase the number of Hispanic students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math in the United States. IBM said the effort is aimed at a looming problem resulting from the significant decline in the numbers of Hispanic students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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By awarding a whopping 82,000 college scholarships worth more than $221 million, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund may be breaking all records for nonprofit success. Founded in 1975 to boost college education among U.S. Hispanics, the fund has changed the lives of tens of thousands of Hispanic students. As the nation's preeminent organization supporting Hispanic higher education, and one of Hispanic Business magazine's Top 25 nonprofits, the fund reportedly is a model of efficiency and results.
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Jaime Escalante, whose success in teaching advanced mathematics to inner-city Los Angeles teenagers was immortalized in the movie "Stand and Deliver," was honored yesterday at the State Capitol. Escalante, 78, is one of 14 trailblazers receiving Latino Spirit Awards from the California Latino Legislative Caucus. In a Q&A with the Sacramento Bee, which follows, Escalante addresses such issues as monolingual education, high school exit examinations, and what to do about the dropout rate.
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With the hotly contested N.C. presidential primary just days away, Charlotte college students and 20-somethings are playing a big role in the Democratic candidates' campaigns. They're going door to door, making calls and registering people to vote -- and they're expected to turn out to vote in larger numbers than in past elections.
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The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) recently hosted its 5th Annual Hispanic Executive Summit in Los Angeles, Calif. During the three-day summit, more than 150 Hispanic leaders from across the U.S. attended professional development, governance and leadership sessions designed in partnership with the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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As we age, we know all too well what comforts us in the face of rejection -- food, drink, solitude, company, perhaps prayer. But for college-bound seniors, who have devoted four years to chasing a dream, this type of rejection can be befuddling at best, devastating at worst.
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Markel Mavelin is only a high school student, but he is already thinking about going into business, thanks to a program that encourages entrepreneurship among young people. Markel, 16, who attends William H. Turner Technical Arts High, won first place among 12 fellow students in the first round of the 2008 Merrill Lynch/National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Youth Business Plan Competition held at his school on April 16. The idea? "Fly & Flashy Kicks," a customized sneaker design company.
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Candy Sanchez, 16, would like a career in psychology or business law, but would be the first generation of her Hispanic family to attend college. She is intimidated by the prospect. Samuel Betances wants Sanchez, a junior at Normal Community High School, to know that her dream is attainable if she makes the effort. Betances, 67, a diversity consultant from Chicago who works with government agencies, universities and corporations, speaks from experience.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The Confidence Gap in College Savings: Identifying Obstacles & Motivating Savers" to their offering. This study examines the behaviors, attitudes, awareness, and perceptions of individuals who are saving or plan to start saving to finance their children's college education.
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Spaniard Jose Luis Iborte Baque has literally spent his life studying, earning 13 university degrees, including three doctorates, between the ages of 19 and 82, the daily El Mundo reported Thursday. A philosophy graduate at 19, Iborte, now 82, earned his most recent degree, in the humanities a month ago. In between, the resident of the northern city of Zaragoza has graduated in subjects including company law, geography and history, art history, medicine and surgery, as well as in English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew and classical philology. "I only sleep four hours a ni
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There's a business case to be made for employee diversity, a case to be explored at a forum at Illinois Central College in East Peoria on April 25. "We want to bring awareness to the fact that diversity is not just a good thing but benefits a company's bottom line," said Rita Ali, ICC's executive director of diversity.
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In the face of increasing tuition and student loan debt, college students are sometimes forced to look past their passions and toward practicality. Making the monthly minimum payment on loans stretches the budget of the small-town school teacher or social worker. Students with a dreams of lower-paying professions are often forced to jump to something more "lucrative" to keep their heads above water. Even so, students aren't necessarily flocking to the high salary jobs.
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Nearly 750 people came to Harvard University Business School on Saturday to participate in the 10th annual Latin American Conference, hosted by the school's Club Latinoamericano. The event, which was entitled "New Horizons for Opportunities," gave audience members the chance to hear from Latin America's top economic and business leaders through a series of keynote speeches and panels on topics including private equity, health care, and energy.
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The credit crunch is squeezing virtually every part of the consumer world, including one group that can ill afford a shortage of funds -- college students. As families are applying for college financial aid or are receiving financial aid packages from schools, they face a landscape of uncertainty and more effort to find funds to pay for their children's education. There is still money available to students . . . but you need to know how and where to look.
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Wichita State University officials will conduct interviews through May 6 with five finalists for the position of dean at the Barton School of Business. Finalists follow.
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