News tagged with hispanic students

Report: 8th-grade students still lag in science

Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said Thursday.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 22

Hispanics are worse off than whites under certain university admission policies

Changes to college admission policies in Texas have been detrimental to Hispanics, according to Dr. Angel Harris and Dr. Maria Tienda from Princeton University in the US. Their work shows that despite popular claims that ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Family and peer relationships essential to Mexican-American college students' success

Hispanics are enrolling in the higher education system at a greater rate than ever, yet they are less likely than their non-Hispanic peers to enter college or earn degrees, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. A new study ...

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created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers

Attempts to recruit and retain more women in undergraduate engineering programs often lump all female students into a single group. At best, minority women as a group may receive special attention.

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created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers find medical educational changes dramatically improves academic achievements

Underrepresented minority medical students, including Hispanics and particularly African Americans and women, show the greatest benefit from comprehensive medical education reform according to researchers at the University ...

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created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford sociologist goes undercover to study Latino immigration in the South

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monica McDermott spent a year working in a South Carolina discount store to see how an influx of Hispanic immigrants is changing the area's social dynamics.

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created May 06, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study quantifies minority enrollment losses if affirmative action is eliminated

(PhysOrg.com) -- A nationwide ban on affirmative action in college admissions would cause a 10 percent drop in black and Hispanic enrollment at the nation’s most selective colleges and universities, according to a new study. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Most High School Students Are Sleep Deprived

Only about 8 percent of high school students get enough sleep on an average school night, a large new study finds. The others are living with borderline-to-serious sleep deficits that could lead to daytime drowsiness, depression, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Closing race, poverty and gender gaps in advanced high school course-taking

The latest research from the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management explores the wide disparities in advanced high school course-taking (such as Advanced Placement courses) among race, poverty, and gender groups in Flo ...

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