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CNN en Espanol and City University of New York Announce Partnership
MIAMI, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- CNN en Español and the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), have partnered to provide an exclusive ...
Top 7th Grade Students With Financial Need Can Apply For Cooke Foundation Scholarships
LANSDOWNE, Virginia, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The application period opened today for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Young Scholars Program. Outstanding 7th grade students with financial need can apply for the program, ...
Access to Meaningful Opportunity is Limited to the Few
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Access to opportunity shaped our nation's past and defines its future. Opportunity has always been intangible, but for too many Americans, it's becoming invisible. If access ...
Studies Look at Possible Replacements for Race-based College Admission Policies
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- As higher education officials struggled to find race-neutral alternative college admissions policies in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's 2013 Fisher v. University of ...
Boyle Heights Community Welcomes Michelle King as LAUSD Superintendent
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Boyle Heights community leaders, parents and students congratulate Ms. King on her appointment as Superintendent of Schools for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
"We are ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches 2016 Mayors Challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean
NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Michael R. Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire Latin American and Caribbean cities to develop bold new ideas that solve ...
Discovery Education And 3M Search For America’s 2016 Top Young Scientist
SILVER SPRING, Md. and ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Discovery Education and 3M are proud to announce the opening of the annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation's premier science...
Goya Foods Offers $20,000 Culinary Arts Scholarship To Four Students Nationwide
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Dec. 15 , 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Goya Foods, America's largest Hispanic-owned food company, will offer a $20,000 nationwide Culinary Arts Scholarship granted annually to four students entering their ...
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs names Thomas Savino as new CEO
IRVING, Texas, Dec. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- After an extensive search of prospective candidates from across the country and outside the continental United States, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Board of ...
MoneyGram Foundation Awards Final Grant Round of 2015 to Support Literacy, Technology and Innovation...
DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), today announced support for seven worldwide education programs through the MoneyGram Foundation. The foundation's final 2015 grant round supports literacy ...
College Graduation Rates Are Up for Black, Latino, and Native Students at Many Four-Year...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- In recent years, many college leaders have crowed about improvements in their graduation rates. But it's important to ask — improvement for whom?
According to a new Ed Trust report, ...
Higher Ed Institutions Look to Next Gen Student Learning Measurement
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Higher education institutions of all kinds — state, private and community — are increasingly being asked for more evidence of student learning. Many are looking for ways to ...
Practice Makes Perfect Eliminates Summer Learning Loss
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Practice Makes Perfect would like to announce the kick off for our #GivingTuesday campaign using t-shirts to raise awareness for our mission.
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Oklahomans Now Get to Choose Their High School Equivalency Test
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Nineteen percent of Oklahomans over the age of 25 haven't finished high school, leaving large populations of the state underprepared to meet workforce demands. Studies also ...
BBC Worldwide and HITN Join Forces to Benefit Preschool-aged Hispanic Children in the United...
MIAMI, Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- BBC Worldwide Latin America/US Hispanic and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN) announced a content agreement today that will unite some of the BBC's most ...
SHPE to Host Pre-College Symposium at University of Maryland Drawing Hundreds of High School...
INDUSTRY, California, Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), in partnership with the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering will bring nearly 400 high school ...
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Holds National College Camp In Miami
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, today announced its next College Camp workshop, ...
Hispanic Public Relations Association, Los Angeles Awards Scholarships To Latino PR Students
Annual PRemio Scholarship Dinner includes Awards for Excellence in Journalism, PR Achievement, Social Media Influence & Corporation of the Year
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Hispanic Public Relations ...
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs and PepsiCo Announce Team Bubbly Solutions as winner...
IRVING, Texas, Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Congratulations to Team Bubbly Solutions, winners of the Case Competition sponsored by PepsiCo at the 2015 National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference & Career Expo. ...
Families learning and serving together focus of National Family Literacy Month
Celebrations highlight health literacy, STEM and Family Service Learning
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Oct. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- November marks National Family Literacy Month®, a time to focus on the immense influence families ...
Aspiring Business School Applicants Increasingly Using GRE® Scores
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Students around the world looking to earn their MBA or specialized master's degree in business are turning to the GRE ® Program to achieve their academic goals. As of the ...
Who Saves Lassie? It’s Time for National First-Responder Training for Animal Rescue
LEICESTER, Mass., Oct. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- October marks two important national monthly observances: Fire Safety, and Animal Safety & Protection. It's time to check the operation of your home's fire alarms—and to ask ...
Hand in Hand Parenting Announces Campaign to Translate New Book into Spanish
PALO ALTO, California, Oct. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Hand in Hand Parenting launched a stretch goal on its successful Indiegogo campaign, which will allow Patty Wipfler's upcoming book to be translated into Spanish, starting ...
Georgetown University Research to Narrow College Information Gap for Hispanic Students
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- At a time when college majors, not degrees, determine earnings potential, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (Georgetown Center) is empowering the growing ...
