CollegeForLatinos

January 31, 2015

YWAF Scholarships Available
By College for Latinos

This year the Young Women’s Alliance Foundation (YWAF) is so excited to be able to award five $3,000 scholarships. The application period for the Higher Education Scholarship is now open!
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Clock ticking to ensure race gap is closed for millennials
By Liliana Valenzuela

There is a gap in the educational achievement of young Texans in which Hispanic and African-American students continue to lag behind their white counterparts.
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Texas Public Policy and Civic Engagement Training Program Convenes
By Valerie Menard
Editor of College for Latinos Guide
Latinos are now the number one minority in the nation but numbers don’t always translate into power.
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Featured Stories

LATINO Magazine will convene the 2014 NO MAS HAMBRE Summit on June 19

By College for Latinos

Nearly one third of all Latinos go hungry, yet many in our community remain unaware of this problem. To address this, LATINO Magazine will convene the third annual NO MAS HAMBRE Summit on June 19 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC.

Join us at the NO MAS HAMBRE Summit on June 19!

By Alfredo Estrada

Do Latinos suffer from issue fatigue? A recent survey by the Pew Hispanic Center revealed what we care about most is education, jobs, and health care. But what about hunger?

New Report Explains Why Students Drop Out of School

By Communities in Schools

Communities In Schools (CIS), the nation’s largest organization dedicated to kids in school and helping them succeed in life, today released a national report along with 24 local and state reports, demonstrating the unexpected reasons why kids drop out of school …

Hispanic College Enrollment Continues to Rise

By Irene Florez

As Latino students make up larger and larger percentages of high school student populations, it’s good to know that more and more of these students are continuing on to college.
According to a recent study, Latinos continue to gain more degrees year after year.