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Congratulations! It’s June and your child has been promoted. Now after a year of working hard, doing tons of homework assignments and sitting in an overcrowded classroom, your child gets to enjoy that little slice of heaven called summer vacation. Now that summer has arrived, your youngster will get to enjoy two straight homework-free months Read More
The cost of attending college has rapidly increased over the past 30 years. Since 1982, tuition has increased by 530 percent. As an undergraduate student, I have seen tuition at my shamefully-expensive private school steadily increase over the last four years while my financial aid has dwindled. I depend on scholarships, financial aid and student Read More
Post college job success heavily depends on how much work experience a person accumulates while in school. The best way to get ready for your grand job market entrance is having internships in your field of interest. With this being said, there are some pointers that you must know before jumping into the first internship Read More
Linguistically isolated. That’s what some very young Latino children are being called, because it’s true. If you lived in a Spanish-speaking home, watched Spanish-speaking television channels all day and ran errands with your mom in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood, you’d be linguistically-isolated too. As wonderful as the Spanish language is, our children still need to speak, Read More
“Your community needs you,” said the stranger I’d just met at a party my freshman year. As a kid that had come to college from a part of the country where almost everyone was Latino, I was initially apprehensive about joining a culturally based organization. A part of me knew she was right, but another Read More
The Census Bureau reported last week that the U.S has hit an all-time high in the percentage of Americans holding bachelor’s degree. According to the Census, 30 percent of American adults hold at least a bachelor’s degree compared to 26.2 percent 10 years ago. More women are also graduating leaving the gap between men and Read More
You ever have one of those days where you leave for work before the sun comes up and get back home well after the sun has set? Or if you’re like me, that’s kinda how it is every Monday – Friday. Yes, I am a teacher (not to say that this is the only profession Read More
Certain concepts are so ingrained in the American character that we rarely question them. Among them is the idea that we’re tops in everything. We’re “the greatest country in the world.” But the truth is that, in many ways, we’re far from the greatest. When it comes to education, for example, we’re average at best. Read More
Spotlight: Your Educational Opportunities According to the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, only 19.2 percent of Latinos have a college degree, less than half the national average of 41 percent. There are many factors contributing to this, including language barriers, occupation and family responsibilities, and perhaps the most daunting: rising tuition costs. However, there Read More