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Coping with Mental Health Concerns Amid COVID-19
I currently live with anxiety and depression. I have lived with mental health concerns for over ten years, and I am still ok. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I would not have been able to publicly admit the first line of this article because of feelings of embarrassment and shame. However, by acknowledging my mental health concerns, I know that I am challenging stereotypes as a scholar-practitioner and saving a group of peers, friends, and family by just saying my truth.
July 12, 2021
African-American
Report: COVID-19 Pandemic Worsened Access Issues for Minority and Low-Income Youth
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened equity and access issues for Black and Latino youth and those from low-income backgrounds, according to a new report from The Education Trust, ZERO TO THREE and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. The report also calls for state policymakers to leverage American Rescue Plan funding to close equity gaps [âŠ]
May 27, 2021
Latinx
A Question of Identity: Examining Use of the Term âLatinxâ
In academic and student activist circles, many have adopted the term âLatinxâ as a gender-neutral and gender non-binary inclusive replacement for Latino or Latina. The word â which made its debut in Merriam-Websterâs dictionary in 2018 â is increasingly popular among scholars, with universities like Harvard, Yale and others offering Latinx studies programs. But only 3% of U.S. Hispanics actually use the term, according to a Pew Research Center study in August.
October 6, 2020
Native Americans
You Know Cesar ChavezâHow About Larry Itliong?
I call Larry Itliong a classic H.O.,  as in âhistorical omission.âIf you talk about the farm labor movement in California and donât mention Itliong, you have a hole in your soul.
October 21, 2019
STEM
Scholars Examine Segregation of Latino K-12 Students
As Latino children entered elementary schools this fall, they were likely to encounter fewer White students than they would have a generation ago, based on a recently published academic study. However, the same research found that low-income students of all racial groups were more likely to share classrooms with middle-class pupils than in previous decades.
October 3, 2019
Recruitment & Retention
Nonprofit Aims to Support Latino Students Up Through First Career Job Offer
Attaining a higher education in the U.S. can be very challenging, especially for those who face socioeconomic and language barriers. Latino U College Access (LUCA), a nonprofit organization is working to increase college enrollment and completion among Âfirst-generation Latino youth.
October 3, 2019
Latinx
Institutions Stepping Up to Serve Hispanic Students
As colleges and universities work to reach enrollment and college completion goals, increased focus has turned to the Hispanic populations in their communities.
October 2, 2019
Opinion
We Gonâ Be Alright: American Education Research Solidarity and the Counterspace Pachanga/Party
Considering race continues to be a topic of controversy and discomfort, it is important that we address how engagement and inclusion have expanded on the issues of identity for Blacks and Latino communities.
April 11, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Frank D. SĂĄnchez: A Situational Leader
Thereâs been a dramatic sea change taking place in higher education within the Ocean State. Just take a look at Rhode Island College (RIC). The 164-year-old public institution that stretches across a sprawling 180 acres of land has been making some audacious moves in recent years, thanks to the visionary leadership of its president, Dr. Frank D. SĂĄnchez.
October 4, 2018
Latinx
Excelencia in Education Report Examines HSI Graduatesâ Life Outcomes
Leaders and individuals committed to the success of Latino students in higher education gathered for a collaborative panel discussion following the release of Excelencia in Education and Gallupâs report âExamining Life Outcomes Among Graduates of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).â
September 11, 2018
Women
An Open Letter from the âHot Tamaleâ aka Your Latina Professor
Unfortunately, I have learned through the years the act of performing âwhat a professor looks like.â How I present and perform in the university classroom has vast implications for myself as a woman of color in the academy.
September 10, 2018
Latinx
SPJ Recognizes CSUN Journalism Professor
Dr. JosĂ© Luis Benavides, a professor at California State University, Northridge, received the  Society for Professional Journalistsâ Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award as a result of his extensive work on building and expanding the Spanish-language journalism program at the university. Through the program, Benavides has trained and mentored aspiring journalists who can report on Spanish-language [âŠ]
August 21, 2018
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