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The Next 10: 2009 Top Business Schools for Hispanic Students, 11-20

We present our 2009 Top Business Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here.


Broad Foundation Honors Five Top Inner City Schools

Much ink is spilled over the failure of inner city schools to adequately educate their students, but scant attention is paid to the paragons. The Broad Prize for Urban Education, widely considered public education's Nobel Prize, attempts to remedy this phenomenon by spotlighting the inner-city schools that shine.


The Next 10: 2009 Top Law Schools for Hispanic Students, 11-20

We present our 2009 Top Law Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here.


9/11 Lesson Plan to be Piloted in Six States

The history curriculum for middle- and high schoolers in six states is about to add a new chapter: The terrorist attacks of September 11.


Downturn Dims Prospects for U.S. Law School Graduates

Law students deep in debt from elite schools would often count on being hired by big-name firms, but those opportunities are drying up, and competition is growing. This autumn, law students are competing for half as many openings at big U.S. firms as they were last year, in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search season in more than 50 years.


2009 Top 10 Medical Schools for Hispanic Students

We present HispanicBusiness Magazine's 2009 Top 10 Medical Schools for Hispanic Students.


2009 Top 10 Engineering Schools for Hispanics

We present HispanicBusiness Magazine's 2009 Top 10 Engineering Schools for Hispanic Students.


2009 Top 10 Law Schools for Hispanics

We present HispanicBusiness Magazine's 2009 Top 10 Law Schools for Hispanic Students.


2009 Top 10 Business Schools for Hispanic Students

We present HispanicBusiness Magazine's 2009 Top 10 Business Schools for Hispanic Students.


U.S. News College Rankings Headlined by Princeton, Harvard

Princeton returned to the top of the heap on U.S. News and World Report's 26th annual college and university rankings, released today, tying Harvard for the No. 1 spot.


Walden University Offers Online Business Administration Degree in Spanish

In an effort to reach out to Hispanics, Walden University, a distance-learning institution headquartered in Minneapolis, is launching an online bachelor's-of-science degree in business administration, to be taught in Spanish.


California Could be Disqualified from $4.35B in Education Stimulus

In California's public school classrooms, students may soon not be the only ones worrying about their grades. Faced with a dire choice over being loyal to the state's powerful teachers union or claiming their share of billions of dollars in new federal funding, Sacramento legislators are re-evaluating a law that prevents the state from tying student test scores to teacher performance. At stake is California's ability to compete with Florida, Texas and other states for $4.35 billion in education stimulus dollars.


Judge Christine Arguello Comes Home to Help Hispanic Scholars.

Some of Pueblo's top politicians, businessmen and community leaders embraced, met and reminisced Saturday night with Southern Coloradoan Christine Arguello, who was recently appointed Colorado's first Hispanic U.S. District Court Judge. Arguello was the keynote speaker Saturday at the Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation's 21st annual Scholarship Awards Banquet, held at Colorado State University-Pueblo.


2009 Grads See Stable Salaries, Fewer Jobs

The college graduating class of 2009 will see salary rates on par with the class of 2008 despite the tougher job market, according to a July 2009 report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Although 2009 graduate salaries averaged $49,307, down less than 1 percent from $49,693 in 2008, an earlier report from NACE showed that less than 20 percent of 2009 grads that applied for a job actually got one, compared to the class of 2008 and 2007's respective 26 percent and 51 percent.


Finding Work is a Tough Job

Finding a job in the real world is always a challenge for the proverbial liberal arts major. This year, even college graduates with vocational degrees are struggling to get work. Faced with stiff competition, many 2009 grads are looking wherever they can. They're ready to move far from home. They're willing to accept less pay. They'll even take a job outside their chosen field. And for many, even that's not enough.


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