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Direct linkCooper, Mary Ann – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
In 1958, Ramon Estevez resisted the idea of being pushed into college, and instead went to New York to seek fame and fortune. The world would come to know him as the award-winning stage, television, and movie star Martin Sheen. Nearly 50 years later, Mexican-American Octavio Gonzalez embraced the pursuit of a college degree. The two met when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Television, Television Viewing
Download full textSantiago, Deborah A. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2008
Hispanic-Serving Institutions have the opportunity to be trendsetters in higher education. As Latino representation in higher education continues to increase across all states and institution types, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)--public or private nonprofit degree-granting colleges with enrollments of 25 percent or more Hispanic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Hispanic American Students
Peer reviewedDouglas, Jason A.; Katz, Cindi – Afterschool Matters, 2009
Pairing dynamic out-of-school-time (OST) programs with zoos can encourage young people's relationships with and sense of responsibility for animals and the environment. The project presented in this article, Animal Rescuers, gave the authors the opportunity to examine how such a pairing can work. OST programs enable learning in settings that are…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Animals, Conservation (Environment), Consciousness Raising
Lang, Diane E.; Gómez, Diane W.; Lasser, Suzanne M. – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2009
A parent training program pilot designed and implemented to develop early literacy skills of bilingual Hispanic pre-kindergarten students is described and analyzed through a case study approach. The program incorporated parent collaboration, bilingual literacy training and accessible literary themes to improve literacy prior to kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Hispanic Americans, Pilot Projects, Early Reading
Leslie, W. Bruce, Ed.; Clark, John B., Ed.; O'Brien, Kenneth P., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2010
The State University of New York is America's largest comprehensive public university system, with sixty-four campuses, including community colleges, colleges of technology, university colleges, research universities, medical schools, academic medical centers, and specialized campuses in fields as diverse as optometry, ceramics, horticulture,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Planning, Equal Education, Research Universities
Santiago, Deborah, Comp.; Lopez, Estela, Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2010
The importance of college degree completion for U.S. society and economic competitiveness makes it imperative to improve educational outcomes for Latino students. Institutional leaders, educators, and policymakers who recognize this imperative are challenged to determine what they can do to improve educational outcomes for Latino students.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Digneo, Miriam L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The focus of this study was the problem of the high dropout rate among African American and Hispanic students enrolled in Westchester, New York, high schools during the 2003-2004 school year. A mixed method was used to collect data in this study. The 90 participants consisted of minority and non minority high school students who had dropped out of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Urban Areas, Economic Factors
Piscatelli, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2008
From 1990 to 2006, the number of Hispanic students in U.S. public schools nearly doubled, accounting for 60% of the total growth in public school enrollment. Approximately 10 million Hispanic students are enrolled in the public K-12 system, comprising nearly one-fifth of public school students in the United States. This issue of "The Progress…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Attainment, Educational Change, Hispanic American Students
Reyes, Luis O. – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
In this article, Luis O. Reyes provides a retrospective of the historic 1974 Aspira Consent Decree between the New York City Board of Education and Aspira of New York, which established bilingual instruction as a legally enforceable federal entitlement for New York City's non-English-speaking Puerto Rican and Latino students. Reyes analyzes the…
Descriptors: Puerto Ricans, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Hispanic American Students
Ryan, Barbara E., Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prevention, Intervention, Alcohol Abuse
Carson, Cristi, Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
The NEAIR (North East Association for Institutional Research) 2011 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Boston, Massachusetts conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Are Students Dropping Out or Dragging Out the College Experience? The Roles of Socioeconomic Status and Academic Background (Leslie S. Stratton…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Dropouts, Time to Degree, College Students
Casserly, Michael; Price-Baugh, Ricki; Corcoran, Amanda; Lewis, Sharon; Uzzell, Renata; Simon, Candace; Heppen, Jessica; Leinwand, Steve; Salinger, Terry; de Mello, Victor Bandeira; Dogan, Enis; Novotny, Laura – Council of the Great City Schools, 2011
This is an abridged, summary report of selected findings from "Pieces of the Puzzle: Factors in the Improvement of Urban School Districts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress"--a comprehensive study prepared by the Council of the Great City Schools in collaboration with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and with…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Public Schools, National Competency Tests
Chew, Cassie M. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
Big Four auditing firm Deloitte & Touche LLP USA may have found a way to address two of the top challenges for public accounting firms of the decade: finding and retaining qualified staff and recruiting new leadership. Deloitte is going to campuses across the United States in search of its next generation of talented accounting professionals…
Descriptors: Leadership, Recruitment, Mentors, Incentive Grants
Seemungal, Emmeline – Online Submission, 2009
This study examined the correlation between the DIAL-3 scores of disadvantaged students from Head Start, students from other preschools, and students that did not attend a preschool. The study consisted of 110 students who were currently attending kindergarten at an elementary school in Rockland County. The instrument used for this study was the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Raw Scores
ACT, Inc., 2012
Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards
